Goodreads asked Susan Pashman:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Susan Pashman I've never really been totally blocked. But there are tines that I feel reluctant to move forward with something I'm writing. At those times, It's useful to have a second or a third project to turn to so that the fingers and the writing mind stay well greased. The writing group where we write about anything that is put before us as a prompt is a way of assuring yourself that you ALWAYS have an idea of something to write about.

I have another trick that I use for anything I am reluctant to do, not just writing. I imagine myself doing this dreaded thing. Imagine every detail of it. Imagine myself going upstairs to my writing room, turning on the desk lamp, turning on my computer, sitting in the chair, adjusting the lumbar roll in the middle of my lower back, setting my fingers onto the keys....I imagine not only the look of things but the feel in my fingers...I keep playing that in my mind as I walk, slowly, to the stairs.....

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