Goodreads asked Theresa Halvorsen:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Theresa Halvorsen Writer's block is a totally psychological trap. You have a rough day, you have to fight to the get the words out and you tell yourself, you have writer's block. Then the next time you sit down to write, you tell yourself, 'I hope that nasty writer's block has gone away'. And chances are, it didn't. It's like insomnia--as soon as you tell yourself you have insomnia and can't go to sleep, you might as well give up.

So how do I deal with it? I write almost every day. I schedule my writing days and if the words are difficult, I'll give myself word count goals with rewards. I generally have multiple projects going, so if things get really bad, I'll just switch projects. I don't like to do that, because I lose momentum and start to have too much overlap between characters in different works, but that's better than psyching myself into believing I have writer's block.

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