Goodreads asked Ice Mike:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ice Mike Personally, I don't believe in writer's block. I've been writing since 2010 and I've yet to suffer from an episode of writer's block. Don't get me wrong, there have been times over the years when I just didn't 'feel' like writing, but I never felt any type of 'mental block' or anything. What allowed me to see it that way is when I read "Immediate Fiction" by Jerry Cleaver, and in it he wrote, "You don't get in the mood to write. You write to get in the mood." Since reading that passage, that has been my approach. I conjure up a good storyline, or scene, and then I just write and let my pen take me wherever it goes. My imagination and my passion for writing take care of the rest. However, my advice for writers' suffering from writer's block is to patiently plot out a storyline or scene in your mind and then put pen to paper and follow your imagination no matter how languid you feel.

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