Goodreads asked Michael Pronko:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Michael Pronko Lower my standards. It’s OK to accept shitty writing sometimes. No one gets out of bed dressed for a wedding. You’re in an old T-shirt and torn underwear. Or I am. I always figure I’ll spiff up the writing later. Writing for years for newspapers and magazines, I got used to this little thing called a deadline. The idea of a deadline becomes internalized, as a normal part of the process. Getting blocked is usually a little internal melodrama you’re acting out inside yourself, like an argument with your lover over something trivial. It’s never worth it.

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