Goodreads asked Larry Nicholl:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Larry Nicholl I sit down and start writing about whatever. Once I start writing, the block goes away. I think of something funny or different that just happened to me and write about it. Or I start thinking about clichés. For example, "everybody and his mother." I try to imagine what that means. I get the picture of everybody standing around with his or her mother behind her. When I ask a question, all the mothers start answering first, not letting the person answer me. I laugh and get over my writer's block.

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