Goodreads asked Michael Kroft:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Michael Kroft I never really understood writer's block. I hardly ever seem stuck on words. I only get writer's block (if I can even call it that since the term seems so much more dramatic than what I go through) when I'm trying to decide the best way to start a chapter or section. I pretty much have everything outlined before I start to write, and much of that seems to be problem solving to insure consistency in characters and story flow. The outline itself can be rather detailed, almost to the point where it walks me through the story on its own and I just put each part of the outline into sentences and paragraphs.

When I do find myself stuck on how to start a chapter or section, I simply move to another section and begin writing, or I look at a previous written section and go through it again. The mind amazes me, because at one point the answer will hit me like a brick to the brain when I never even thought it was working on the problem.

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