Goodreads asked Kathleen J. Shields:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Kathleen J. Shields Write about something else. Skip the scene that is stumping you and go back to it later. If you force it, it will feel forced.

Of course, I have so little time to write; what with work, marketing and life - but when I get that opportunity - that last thing I want to do is stare at my last sentence and write nothing. I'll enter a few empty lines, highlight a note that says work on this, and go to the next scene. Most of the time, the scene comes to you later or you realize it wasn't meant to happen in the first place (or wasn't important).

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