Goodreads asked Madeleine Mitchell:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Madeleine Mitchell I go away and do things. I read other books. As bizarre as it sounds, I often sit in the bath or someplace quiet and place myself in the characters I'm writing about or the situations where the block is. For some weird reason this seems to push my creativity forwards and I end up chattering away to myself as the plot unfolds. Yes...my husband thinks I'm nuts! Music is very important to me when I write. If I want to write dark stuff, I listen to say The Cure, Pornography. If I want to write something lighter, I'll listen to music that's more upbeat. If need to write emotional stuff, then I put on something that pulls the heart strings.

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