Goodreads asked P. Sheelwant:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

P. Sheelwant For me, the business of writing is a craft that only occasionally rises to the level of art. I am first an artisan; an artist later. When I get into a block, I guess I am trying too much the art part. I climb down to my craft – me the wordsmith – and, lo, the writer’s block vanishes. Also, as a craftsman, if I choose to stick around in the block long, I starve, I vanish; and wouldn’t be there to take your questions. No?

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