Goodreads asked Karen GoatKeeper:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Karen GoatKeeper There are different kinds of writer's block. The simplest is just not feeling like writing. I generally make myself do some writing anyway. Time away doing some chore or going for a walk can help if I think about what I am trying to do. This lets me get back into the writing project so I can sit down and write.
Another kind of writer's block is more serious. This one arrives when a book seems to fall apart. The story becomes unworkable. The plot blows up.
This is the hardest one to deal with. Each writing project has emotional ties. Some of the writing even in a disaster has appeal. It is hard to walk away admitting the project is done even if unfinished.
When this happens, I fight for a time but find it gets more frustrating each time I try to write on the project. The best cure is to go on to a different project. If the original idea has merit, the difficulties will start straightening out, the disastrous parts will drop away, the project will start to gel in a new form as the idea plays around in the mind at odd moments. Then it is time to tackle the project again.

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