Goodreads asked Karen Ulm Rettig:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Karen Ulm Rettig I think it’s important to write several times a week, even if only to play with old insights or revisit unfinished pieces. Working regularly seems to lubricate ideas. When life gets busy and I don’t write for a couple of months, ideas dry up. If I’m working on a specific piece and words balk, I find it helpful to stop writing and begin a task that requires motion: take a shower, vacuum the floor, chop vegetables. Words usually flow as soon as my hands start moving. If that doesn’t work, I put the project away for a week or two. By the time I return, words are waiting for me.

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