Goodreads asked Emily Midorikawa:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Emily Midorikawa With two small children about the house, at the moment it's more of a case of carving out enough time to write rather than struggling with writer's block. However, I've had lots of past experiences of getting stuck and really struggling to move forward. Over the years, I've developed a few strategies for getting past this feeling. In less serious cases of getting stuck (when, for instance, it's just a short section of the book I'm working on that's causing me problems) I might simply try to push through it. I'll keep turning up at my desk at my usual writing time, keep my fingers close to the keys and keep thinking about the work. Often, if I stick to my routine I'll find that the feeling of being blocked starts to solve itself. When things are more serious than that, and if circumstances allow, I will switch to a different writing project for a while or work on research related to the book I am writing, which might well lead to me getting inspired in new ways. Other tactics include walking and making soup. Moving one foot forward then the other, or continuously stirring the pot, can be very effective for freeing the imagination. They work for me, anyway.

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