Goodreads asked Alan Emmins:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Alan Emmins So far, I haven't had many run-ins with it. That might be because it doesn't really worry me too much. I think that is the key. No point worrying about writer's block. I accept it early, and that might be why it doesn't seem to hang around for any period of time that could really be considered a block. I just won't sit there agonising over the curser, so if it's not coming I either get up and leave, most often with a book, or I just force it. Normally I write my way into what I need, with the acceptance that I might dump a thousand words in the trash.

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