Goodreads asked Stephanie Baumgartner:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Stephanie Baumgartner It depends. If I experience writer's block after having written an emotionally draining scene (or scenes), I allow myself anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks of no writing. The reason being is pretty self-explanatory...I'm just drained. So instead I may use that time to read, watch movies or TV shows with great storylines and character development (something I can learn from), or I do more research on WWII. I still try to edit daily during the hiatus, though, just to keep the story fresh in my mind. Two weeks is my cut off, though. After that, I force through the writer's block, and eventually it all starts to flow again :)

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