Goodreads asked Jason J. McCuiston:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jason J. McCuiston Routine. Routine. Routine. They say that anything you do for 28 days becomes a habit. If that's true, make sure you are in your writing place at your writing time for twenty-eight straight days. Yes, the first half hour or so might be gibberish, but as long as you are putting words down, they will begin to flow and the story will take shape. Don't worry about being perfect; the only writing is re-writing.
That being said, if I find myself in a situation where no ideas are making themselves known, I'll get out my sketchbook and doodle for a few hours, or let my mind wander while I work out. I do a mental end-around to get my creativity flowing again. I think this is what Stephen King would call, "Letting the boys in the basement do their work."

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