Goodreads asked Rebecca Laffar-Smith:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rebecca Laffar-Smith I've found writer's block is usually a sign that I'm trying to force the story in a direction it or the characters don't want to go. Because I plot my stories before I begin writing them, I usually have a pretty good sense of where I want the story to go. The trouble is, stories change and evolve as you tell them. Characters can take on a life of their own and so the original plan is never what ends up being the final book. Whenever I hit the wall of writer's block is has been because I've been trying to stick to the plan when the plan no longer works. So, I stop, assess the story, retweak my outline, and let the story take me where it's supposed to go.

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