Goodreads asked Julie Satow:

How do you get inspired to write?

Julie Satow I write best first thing in the morning, when my mind is fresh. Usually I make a large pot of coffee and sit in a quiet room, and just put words down on the page. Then I print out what I've written and revise it, then I write more, revise more, and so on and so on, often reshaping and reediting what I've written countless times. The hardest part is when the page is blank and you have to just plunge in. The beginning of each chapter of the book was the trickiest part, when I had to force myself to just start writing, even if I knew what I was writing wasn't great.

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