Sean Bai asked Dove Winters:

Are you a pantser or a plotter? Where do you get your ideas from?

Dove Winters Hi, Sean! Usually, I'm a plotter. I like to have at least a general idea of where I'm going. For my Ember trilogy though, I wrote without plotting out anything, and I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out! I think the journey into each book is different and unique and you just have to do what feels right for the story.
Ideas come from everywhere, but most of mine come from listening to music. I can't listen to music without imagining something, and sometimes characters or scenes or entire plots just happen. I drive my kids crazy sometimes when I strike an idea and listen to the same song over and over (and over!) again! Thanks for asking!

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