Goodreads asked T.B. Schmid:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

T.B. Schmid I use a combination of methods. For starters, I try to write every day, with a very modest goal of 1000 words per day. If I can hit that consistently, I get into a rhythm and actually wake up in the morning excited to get in another session. Many times I also find that writer's block comes from wanting to attack a new piece of a story perfectly, so you prevent yourself from starting because you run through too many different scenarios in your mind. One of the most valuable lessons I learned from my writing instructors (a lonnnnng time ago) was that nobody gets it right on the first try; you will ALWAYS need and want to revise what you've written. In that sense, I try to approach a story as if it were a sculpture or a painting - I start off with rough cuts or brush strokes and gradually revise and refine my work. As it improves, more ideas tend to follow, until the "sketch" begins to look like a rendering. The rendering is usually the point at which I begin to get excited about what I've created, and that positive energy and feedback leads to the really good stuff, just like adding color, depth, background, shadows, etc. to a painting. I just keep reminding myself that there is nothing to prevent me from changing whatever I'm writing to improve it; the trick is to keep moving, to maintain some type of momentum and you'll roll right through those blocks.

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