Goodreads asked Douglas Seacat:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Douglas Seacat My solution to writer's block is to stop trying to write the story I'm working on and switch to something else for a little while. Often this means writing a journal style brainstorm to work through whatever issues are causing the hangup. While this may seem similar to running in circles in your own head, I find it works better to put something in writing and eventually an idea will form that will let me get back to the story. I may never go back to these journals later, though sometimes I'll come up with something that can be integrated into my living outline.

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