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Goodreads asked Derek Nudd:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Derek Nudd Some days you're flying, certain that humankind will hang on to your deathless words. On others you crawl through worthless excrement. Treat those two impostors with equal disdain - and have enough love left over to enjoy yourself.

Sometimes the only way to deal with a block is to put your head down and shove through it. I try to start writing - even if I throw away the first paragraph the next comes easier, and the next. If that doesn't work I go back and edit something I've already written, or a bit more research. Anything to move the job forward.

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