Writer's block, an owner's guide: Forestalling writer’s block

I’m still on vacation, but for those readers who share my interest in the science of writer’s block, I’ll note a couple of ideas inspired (in different ways) by the responses to my post a few days ago.

First, this:
“In a movie, if you can’t come up with anything, then everybody waits. But in television, the problem is if you can’t come up with anything, well, there’s really not any time for that. What’s great about having a room full of writers is that they’re also full of ideas. You have other brains to turn to.”
– Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy creator, who also wrote Princess Diaries 2, interviewed for WGAw [broken link removed].

Second, this:
Another stimulating post [broken link remo`ved, however] from Merlin Mann, this time reminding us of Hemingway’s advice to stop for the day when you still know what you are going to write next.

Third, where is your response? Yes, I’m talking to you, right there in front of the screen. You have time to read this, you surely have five minutes to give back.

And your response?

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