Goodreads asked Andrew Bridgeman:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Andrew Bridgeman Good question. If you're a writer you're sure to experience the dread of 'what comes next.' What I've found is that, in my writing, it's usually a symptom of a problem that is behind me, not in front of me—something I've written has boxed me in. In those situations, I back up and find the last place where things were humming. Did I make the story turn down a dead-end road? If I did, I scrap everything past that spot and turn the story in another direction. This isn't always the case with writer's block, but it seems to be the most likely issue when it happens to me. Thanks for the question.

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