Goodreads asked Mark Souza:

How do you get inspired to write?

Mark Souza I keep an "ideas" folder on my computer. Just daily events or imaginings can create an idea for a story. I jot them down. Some are strong enough to propel a story on their own. Some gain that kind of power when combined with another idea or two from the folder. My first novel started out when I tried to write a science fiction short. Science fiction paid much more per word than horror. For the short story, I wondered what the internet would look like in a few generations. It became clear to me that eventually there would be an implant infants would receive to gain access merely by thought. I developed characters, a strong motivation for them, some powerful opposition, deception, and 116,000 words later it was no longer a short story.

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