Goodreads asked John Huber:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

John Huber I write and I write and I write. I assault the blockade. The key, to me, is to not let it cool. The longer the block sits there, the more firm it becomes--at least with that project. Just because you're writing doesn't mean you have to keep everything you write to get past it. In the middle of all that mess, if it is a mess, I usually find the one or two sentences that unlock everything.

If that doesn't work . . . I have a good long smoke. I just sit . . . and think. I talk it out. I'll assault it that way. I'll watch classic horror. I'll intake anything and everything.

Don't let it cool.

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