Goodreads asked Jason J. Marchi:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jason J. Marchi I don't deal with writer's block well, or I'd have a great many more books and stories already published. I'm a lazy writer too. I cannot sit and write 1,000 words for myself everyday like I should be doing. Unless I have a very clear emotional feeling inside where I want to go with a story, and the story is pressing itself on me to be written, I don't just sit and force myself to write.

On the other hand, if I have an assignment and an editor is WAITING for and expecting my writing then I can work very efficiently. But my own stories . . . I'll let them slide for years before I finally get motivated to complete them.

Let's face it, we all have busy lives today. We have modern technology to replace tasks of drudgery, but also with modern life comes a bombardment of things to do, things to see, etc. etc. I like a neat house and yard, and I publish other writers too, so I only have so much time for my own work.

I veered away from the topic of writer's block, but its all related. Writer's block is not such a bad thing because it allows we to get a lot of other very important tasks done each day, so I am NEVER bored. In fact, the days and weeks are not long enough for all I want to do. And if a story needs to be told badly enough -- it will PRESS me to be born and I'll eventually be able to write it.

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