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Goodreads asked Ben Ireland:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ben Ireland Normally I don't respond to questions posed by faceless websites--there's something impersonal about them-- but I felt moved to answer this one.

I've never actually dealt with writer's block.It may be because I don't write professionally, so I never have the looming pressure of a deadline. Though I think it is most likely due to obsessively outlining of my work before I begin. If I come close to experiencing anything like writer's block, it happens in the outlining process. Though at that point, it's less a block and more of a challenge to determine what my characters have to do to make it past that certain obstacle.

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