Goodreads asked Paullett Golden:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Paullett Golden I typically don't suffer from writer's block. One of my key methods of preventing it is that I write by scene rather than in order. I'll mull over a scene for days, jotting down bits of dialogue or character blocking or description as ideas come. By the time I sit down to write the scene, I've already sketched out most of the important bits. From there, I let the characters guide me as to which scene they want to tackle next, and then begins the mulling period all over again. Since I never write from start to finish, I don't become blocked. If nothing is coming to me when I'm planning a scene, then I think about a different scene. The characters 100% guide me. By this I mean that if I've tried to think on a scene a few times and nothing comes, I'll find out a few days later that one of the scenes that DID come easily to me changed the whole direction of the story, thus omitting the trouble scene. Those are the "ah ha" moments because I realize the characters never wanted to be in that scene, thus keeping me from gathering ideas for it. Funny how that works!

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