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Goodreads asked Mark E. Cooper:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Mark E. Cooper I have a serious problem with writer's block. Others tell me it doesn't exist, but it does. For me, I get blocked when I'm writing something I don't enjoy. My subconscious is telling me to scrap it and start over, but I'm too stubborn.

I get out of the problem by writing something in another project--something I DO enjoy. The old blocked book simmers in the back of my brain, and an answer usually comes to me. I can then go back and fix the original problem.

Mark

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