Goodreads asked Rick Boling:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rick Boling It may sound clichéd, but the way I get over writer’s block is simply to write. If I’m stuck on some point in a novel, wondering what should happen next, I stew over it for a while, and if nothing comes of that, I sit down at the computer and start writing anything I can think of. This could be nonsensical gibberish, a silly poem, or a letter to a friend—anything so long as it has nothing whatsoever to do with the novel I am writing. The simple process of writing without the pressure of having to create some clever part of a story can jump start things, and it almost always seems to work. I also practice transcendental meditation, during which ideas often pop into my mind. It’s kind of like when you are trying hard to remember something and can’t until you stop trying. Then, when you’re doing something else and not thinking about what you were trying to remember, suddenly it comes to you seemingly out of nowhere.

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