Goodreads asked Will Sterling:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Will Sterling Consider it a trap and you've been caught. You're bound, so to speak, by this thing; tied to an emotional chair. The only way to escape is to write. You must stare at the blank document. You are allowed to do nothing else, no internet, no social media, etc. If you know that the only way to escape the trap is to write, and you know the demands beyond that exercise are low, i.e. what you write needn't even be particularly good or lengthy, then you must get to work. You break free of the block the way the sculptor reveals from their block the statue underneath, by chipping away. Freedom from this bondage isn't necessarily pretty, but once you are free you will find that in this destitute state you had surprisingly managed to cobble together a few helpful sentences and points of view. Suffering yields interesting perspectives. Suffer as you must but break free. These perspectives are now building blocks to find your voice again.

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