Goodreads asked Jen McConnel:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jen McConnel I don't edit while I'm drafting; I'm a big fan of NaNoWriMo and Anne Lamott's "shitty first draft" style of writing, and I've found that starting a draft without expecting it to be perfect really helps me push past writer's block. Writing even a little bit every day helps, too; usually, if I sit down for fifteen minutes, even if I'm stuck, I find myself staying in the chair for a half hour or more, and before I know it, the story has pulled me past whatever was blocking me.

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