Goodreads asked Mark Souza:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Mark Souza Writer's block comes in a host of varieties. I have a few ways to deal with it. All are guaranteed to work, and all are guaranteed not to work. It depends on what your specific variety is.

Switch to writing something else - sometimes the problem is spending too much time with a single story to the point where you're bored, can't see that it's any good anymore, and it feels like a waste of your time. Take some time away from it while you work on something else. It's not that you're sick of writing, it's that you're sick of spending all your time on the same thing. When you come back with fresh eyes, the bright spots of your story will excite you again and you'll realize it doesn't suck.

Force yourself to write - this works when it's the natural tendency toward laziness that causing you to not want to write. When you force yourself to write, usually the first bit sucks until you get on a roll. It's no big deal because you can go back and fix the sucky part later.

Take a week to a month off. Many writers (most I think) have day jobs. They write when they can, every free minute. Over a long span of time burning the wick at both ends between your two jobs, you can become exhausted. Taking time away to recharge the batteries can be just what you need. Sometimes writer's block is merely exhaustion.

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