Goodreads asked Andrew Ball:

How do you get inspired to write?

Andrew Ball Most of the time, I find that inspiration for a new story comes while writing a story! My mind tends to wander here and there; I wonder, if things in my story were different, if something was fundamentally changed, or I replaced a character, what would happen? Those changes create a butterfly effect mutation that generates a totally different story.

This happens a lot with movies and books I read, as well. I think about how the story would have changed if something was different about it. Or, I think about something I love within a story, and wonder how I could pull it and twist it within my own context.

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