Goodreads asked David Scott:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

David Scott By overcoming the restriction we place on ourselves that something must occur on our timetable. If it’s not there--the flow, the inspiration, the words--then get up and go do something else. And just allow yourself whatever time it takes for that inspiration to come pouring through. Sometimes I write in the mornings, sometimes in the evenings during that quiet period when the rest of the world around me is at rest. Sometimes I require earplugs; sometimes it’s merely a matter of unplugging in the many ways that we have to unplug, and thus ‘plug in’. And I believe this applies to any form of writing because even a great mystery novel or love story or even if one were writing something nonfictional, there is still more in there than there is purely in the mind. One just needs to find the pathway to greater possibility and then find the time to walk it. What they will discover, on the other side, is just that… another side of themselves that waits patiently for an invitation to enter through the written channels. This way, we use our writing blocks as stepping stones.

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