How do you handle writer’s block when working on a short film or contest script?

[Maura N.]

Writer’s block always hits at the worst times. What do you do when you get stuck? Any tricks or routines that help you get the creativity flowing again?

 

[Kim Welch]

Lower the bar for the next page. Write the scene badly on purpose, or skip ahead to a scene you're excited about and come back. Changing where you write helps too: a notebook instead of the laptop, a cafe instead of your desk. Block often means you don't yet know what a character wants in the scene, so answer that first.