Goodreads asked Stewart Home:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Stewart Home Writer's block is something only those who want an "identity" as a writer "suffer" from. If you have something to say then say it, if you don't have anything to say that's not a problem. Wanting to write because you want an "identity" as a writer when you have nothing to say is what writer's block is often about. People also freeze up because they wanna be a "profound" and "great" "writer" but if they didn't care about such things they'd find it way easier to write. Those, like me, who don't want an identity as a "writer" never suffer from "writer's block" - and if we've something to say we might still knock out a whole series of books and/or shorter pieces of writing. I don't identify as a "writer", I don't get "writer's block" and therefore I don't have to "deal" with it - but I have written a slew of books.

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