Goodreads asked Matthias Drawe:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Matthias Drawe Writers block is a terrible thing of course and it happened to me several times.

At a certain time of my life I made a living as a radio journalist, specializing on travel reports and human interest stories, so it was essential to constantly produce new ideas. But at times I would just sit in front of a blank page and could produce absolutely nothing.

I've learned over the years that for me there are good and bad days. Some days it's a joy to write and one idea leads to another, other days it's just a drag and everything is bleak.

I decided to simply do something else on the "bad days", get my papers in order, organize my apartment, take a long walk.

And sure enough the mood changes again. Maybe the following day I have a good cup of coffee in the morning and suddenly feel inspired.

What works for me is the following:
Try every to write every day but if the "feeling" is not there, drop it. I only produce good stuff when I am in a good mood. When in a good mood everything comes easy. So when those moments are there, I grab them and hammer out as much as I can.

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