Goodreads asked Chris Westfall:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Chris Westfall This doesn't exist for me. I know, you think I'm trying to be big and bold and badass but I am telling you the truth. When do thoughts stop coming through us? Look, not everything is a story or narrative or instruction or whatever. But I have never found myself at a loss for words. Because the words are all around us. Sure, sometimes I don't know which words to choose. But that's what sandwiches and long walks and highways are for. I get out into the world, and new thoughts show up. If I really do encounter this "writer's block" of which you speak, I have a simple mantra. Read to write. So, I read something. I find something that sparks my imagination. Since creativity is infinite, and as near as I can tell it's always available, typically I need to let go of whatever it is that I'm thinking of that's not creative. After all, what is writer's block but a thought? When you let go of the idea that you're not creative, guess what? You are.

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