Goodreads asked Keith Bullock:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Keith Bullock Perhaps I should not be posting a reply because personally I don't suffer from writer's block, however, I find the question interesting. True - there are times when I cannot see in what direction a narrative is heading, or what twists and turns the story will take, but I don't associate this with the word "block" in the sense of what happens when one is entirely stuck for ideas, or mentally frozen, as can happen in the middle of a speech.
Writing a novel is a long process and long processes have many aspects that can be revisited, revised and enriched during a period when one is a little stuck for ideas. If I'm lost for an idea of what to write on the next page, I'll reread previous pages or chapters and try to improve upon them. I'll listen to my characters, put myself in their heads and ask my transposed self, what I would do next. I'll live with them and allow them to work upon my subconscious, until they finally inform me where they are heading.
Above all, I'll see the novel as a project in progress with many aspects to re-work and improve upon. As the process is therefore never entirely linear, for me, the question of writer's block never really arises.

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