Goodreads asked Adam Steven Page:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Adam Steven Page I tend to write everything down; every idea, every possible line, whether it's the smallest bit of dialogue or a simple sentence. Sometimes I can start with something and have pages upon pages from one idea and others I could simply have a line. However when writers block decides to take over I use some of these lines or ideas as jump off points. On occasion taking some of the unused ideas and looking at them in a different light can be used as add-ons to make other chapters better and in turn causing you to write more.
Another way to deal with writers block is to think differently, sometimes depending on your process you can get stuck on trying to move the story along and think too much about what you want to happen. Instead I imagine a characters thoughts or feelings and ask what are they doing now, right this second? Or what would they be doing before something were to happen. This way of working I feel to be more effective and it can always surprise you what comes about.

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