Goodreads asked Judith Matloff:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Judith Matloff I dictate my thoughts to someone who sits at the screen. I find it's easier to let go when standing.

I also find it easier to write longhand on a yellow legal pad, in a cafe or another public space. There's something about a computer that can make me freeze it. If I'm sitting surrounded by strangers away from my desk the words flow more easily.

Another technique: I simply vomit thoughts onto the computer and put them aside for another day.

Some colleagues set a time when they do that, but I find the time pressure can paralyze me.

When I'm writing a book, I work on three chapters at once. One is pure vomit and research. The second is a cleaned up version and the third is a fully wiped floor. I rotate between the three; each time I get blocked on one I move to another.

I find

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