Goodreads asked David Bodanis:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

David Bodanis I remember reading that Isaac Asimov, who published over 400 books, once said that he Never got writer's block. The interviewer said, Really? And Asimo answered, that well, sometimes he would come to a dead end on one book, but that instead of freaking he'd simply put that ms aside, and switch to another one.

That stuck in my head, and has been what I've tried to do myself. Almost always when I get stuck it's because I need to step back, and see if I'm going in the right direction. Once that's fixed - often after conversation with saintly, patient friends! - it's easy to restart.

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