Goodreads asked Marie Anzalone:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Marie Anzalone I have developed a very close friendship with someone who is also an avid reader and wonderful writer. He and I have nurtured a habit of writing to each other, actual letters, several times per week- even when there is nothing much to talk about. So it becomes less of, "what should I write about today?" and more of, "what can I tell my friend about that I saw/ read/ analyzed/ heard/ felt/ or thought today?" Bonus is that we converse in Spanish, so our writing forces me to improve my grammar and vocabulary, in two languages, every day. Very often, my ideas for new works, in both my technical writing and my creative writing, start here, or at the very least get developed and fleshed out, through this friendship. I dedicated my third book to this person.

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