Goodreads asked Bob Proehl:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Bob Proehl This is one of those things where my answer is terrible and makes people angry. But it's this. I don't entirely believe in writer's block. I believe it's hard sometimes. But it's work. It's supposed to be work. So they way you get through it is, you do the work.

I think a lot of times what people think of as writer's block is a kind of perfectionism, and that's toxic. Especially in the first draft stage. You need to give yourself license to make mistakes. You need to be willing to write stuff you're likely to throw away later. But the best way to get through a "block" is to put words on a page. They don't have to be perfect words. But do the work. Find your way back to your best stuff by working. Get something on the page and fix it later.

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