Goodreads asked Richard Trice:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Richard Trice As mentioned before, I force myself to sit and write...anything...for two hours a day. If something takes off, then great. I'll keep at it. If nothing was accomplished but staring at the computer screen, then tough. Do it again tomorrow, and the next day. If nothing at all is coming, I will get up, jump on my motorcycle, and ride through the countryside and mountains where I live, and where most of my stories are set. I'll take a camera and stop and photograph whatever looks interesting...an old building, an desolate road, landscapes, anything I can use later when I am trying to picture a location for a scene in my mind. I also dream a lot. I dreamed the surprise ending in ACT OF CONTRITION, getting up in the middle of the night and jotting down the details. When I had that, the book starting writing itself (almost), because I knew I had to get to that particular ending.

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