Goodreads asked Julia Webb:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Julia Webb I am lucky that I don't get writer's block that often, but when I do I do morning pages. Morning pages was a technique that I learned from Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way - basically you just write several pages of freehand writing when you get up in the morning (I sometimes do it later in the day if I am busy). It doesn't matter what you write - sometimes I write to do lists, sometimes I rant or moan, sometimes I write affirmations, sometimes I write about books I have been reading - the idea is to just keep the hand moving. I don't know how or why it works, but for me morning pages are a kind of magic - I do them for a few days and I suddenly find myself writing at other times of day as well.

My other tried and tested technique is to read something inspiring - I have particular poets and collections that I go to when I feel the need. I also find that for some reason if I am reading a lot of fiction it can make my creative well dry up - no idea why.

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