Goodreads asked Brian MacLearn:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Brian MacLearn I can't say that I've experienced writer's block. I fight procrastination more than anything. I've always been able to move the story forward, some days it's only a few paragraphs, some days I don't even see the day go by—lost in the story. I went nearly a month without writing because I wasn't happy with the direction I was headed in the story, and didn't know whether to scrap or continue. The solution came to me while I was driving. It fit perfectly and I finished the first draft with little pause after that. I think that authors that outline have fewer problems with writer's block. Me, I let the characters dictate the direction of the story. If they aren't taking, I'm not writing. I'm not being silly, but sometimes I just write in a new character to keep the story going…sometimes they stick, sometimes they get erased.

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