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Goodreads asked Raymond St. Elmo:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Raymond St. Elmo I manifest it. Then I deal with it.

Through self-hypnosis and a natural tendency to hallucinate I have trained my mind to see inner conflicts as outer animals, machines and random strangers.

I sit, mediating upon my writer's block. I picture it as a vicious dog growling in the door, or an angry policeman holding up a hand, telling me 'Stop'. Perhaps just a screaming thug waving a nail-imbedded club.

When the 'block' is so real that I see it before me, I turn and run like heck, leaving it fast and far behind.

Hey, just because I hallucinate doesn't mean I'm stupid.

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