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How do you tackle writer's block?

Now, touch wood, I've been very fortunate not to have suffered from writer's block. I have never sat down at my desk and thought I have no idea what to write next. I've always had a waterfall of story ideas flowing in my head.

However, the difficulty for me lies in figuring out which ones are the good ones. Sometimes an idea doesn't work out. It often happens that I spend two or three weeks working on an idea before deciding that it's just not going to cut it. Then I have to scrap it and try something new. Now, that's not quite the same as having writers block but it can still be quite demotivating.