Goodreads asked A.G. Carpenter:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

A.G. Carpenter I have never had an actual mental block. I do sometimes suffer from "burn out" or "writer's exhaustion" - just needing to take a break for a while to let the creative energy come back.

I typically take a couple of weeks to read, watch movies, and listen to music. After a while the energy and desire to write returns. When I'm in the middle of a project I also have an informal schedule where I set aside time to write every day - just like it's a normal job. That's helps keep procrastination at bay and keeps me in a mode of putting something down on paper on a regular basis. (Sometimes it's terrible, but most of the time it's easier to fix something than it is to write that first draft.)

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