Goodreads asked Stacey Dighton:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Stacey Dighton Have a nap. A lot of my best ideas come to me when I'm in a dream state (a bit like Luke Raven, really). I'll often get inspiration while I'm asleep or I'll wake up thinking 'no, that bit of the story is wrong!' or 'this character needs to be written completely differently'. I suppose that all of the obstacles your conscious mind puts in the way of creativity are completely removed when you are unconscious or semi-conscious and so, yeah, new stories can be born or existing stories can be improved or expanded upon. Of course, alcohol also works (although I'm not endorsing abusing it).

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