Goodreads asked Colin Ward:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Colin Ward Firstly, I submit to it. I put down whatever it is I am trying to write, and I approach something else. Or I take a part of the topic and go and do some research around the topic. What I personally find is that writers block, for me, is often a warning sign that all I am doing is padding, and actually the block is coming FROM me, not happening TO me. So it is there because there is something wrong with the idea. That's why I make a conscious decision to be pragmatic for a while. If nothing else, it helps to feel constructive, which reduces stress, which releases some of the block.

Or I eat.

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