Sydney asked Pat Griffith:

How do you deal with writer's block?

Pat Griffith There are couple of ways to tackle this issue. The fun way is I put the characters in a completely ludicrous situation. Something you can't imagine ever happening. Mortal enemies being a best man at their wedding. Surprise birthday party. The crazier the better. It gets the creative juices flowing again and I have found I discover something about my characters I didn't know before. Since it is unlikely that scene will be in your story it takes the pressure off. It's just for fun.

The not fun way to do it is to just power through it. This is something I learned from doing National Novel Writing Month. Just get something down, anything. Rewrites and editing can clean it up later. But you can't edit something that doesn't exist. The NaNoWriMo deadline taught me if you make yourself write your fingers will follow. It doesn't have to be perfect it just has to to exist.

Another option would be to brainstorm all possible courses of actions. If A happens then this what follows, if B happens this is what will happen. Think of all the possible choices your character could make and try to follow through with the consequences of that action.

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