Goodreads asked Debby Dodds:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Debby Dodds I have "writer's procrastination" more than "writer's block." I'm always thinking of so many things to write about but I have a hard time making myself sit down to do it.

I don't know why I find the actual sitting down to write so hard to do. I like eating chocolate and I don't put that off!

Sometimes I think the problem is not that I don't want to write but that I like writing so much, especially that feeling when I get into a creative flow state, that when I need to stop to do something else it can be physically painful. I hate being wrenched away; it aches.

So maybe I'm avoiding that inevitable end by not "starting." But how stupid is that? It's like refusing to fall in love so you don't get your heart broken. If you just deny yourself pleasure to avoid pain, you end up with a passionless life, right?

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