Goodreads asked Noel Downs:

How do you get inspired to write?

Noel Downs Everything and anything can trigger the idea, for example ... I was watching a movie, and the hero said to the girl, how he wanted to be the best swords man ever, so he went off and became that, when he achieved it years later he went home to marry his child hood sweet heart, but she was no longer there, his friends and family had got on with their lives had children and everything he loved was gone..... so I wrote a song about a boy who went to war and 20 years later was reminiscing about his regrets. Odd phrases I've said, or that are said by others, stuff done by our furry and feathered family, newspaper stories, by lines in advertising... as I said anything and everything that triggers the imagination... just remember, it doesn't matter how bad you think the idea is, if it has triggered some spark write it down, let it develop and follow it to its end. you never know what you will get... I mostly write sad tragedy in songs , then comical stuff... but a phrase said as a put down joke about a pony, gave me a children's story I love. Possibly one of the most enjoyable things I've written.

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