Goodreads asked Gene Poschman:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Gene Poschman I read, or I watch movies. Sometimes I will bring up my latest work in progress and listen to music. One thing that helps me is I write an outline about the novel I am working on before I write the novel. I have a working title, I list characters and who they are, I will give the brief background biographies. That way when I actually start writing the novel, I have a path to follow. By the way, I have been known to deviate from that path.

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