Goodreads asked Gill Arbuthnott:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Gill Arbuthnott I'm lucky in that it's not a frequent problem, but what I usually do is just make myself keep writing, even if I think I'm producing complete trash. You acan always rewrite the trash - the hard bit is getting something down on paper first. And here's the other thing I do: because I write long hand on paper, if I get really stuck I go back a couple of pages and start copying it out and by the time I get to the sticking point, I've often built up enough momentum to get through it. This is also why I try to avoid stopping a writing session at a natural stop point, like the end of a chapter or even a scene - it's much easier to pick up from halfway through something than feel you are effectively starting again.

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