Goodreads asked L.A. DiPaolo:

How do you get inspired to write?

L.A. DiPaolo I have tried many things to try and coax my imagination into a frenzy of ideas and thoughts; I have gone and sat at the local Starbucks, I have sat on my deck on nice days, I have sat in the kitchen and in my office. But I have not been able to identify a set of conditions which would cause me to be inspired, despite being a scientist. What I have understood, is that some days will bad, others good, and others still amazingly so. Therefore, my approach is to simply sit down and work, every day, and if inspiration does not come on a particular day, I stop or work on things which do not require inspiration (such as outlines, or editing), or which might require a different kind of inspiration (like maps, character profiles, etc.).

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