Goodreads asked Jason Hewitt:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jason Hewitt I take my inspiration from all manner of things. If I am formulating a new idea I read as many books as I can on the subject – both non-fiction and fiction – as well as watching films or documentaries or visiting museums. Most of my ideas come on location, so once I have a vague idea of what I want to write and where the story might be set, I always take a trip there. For my first novel, THE DYNAMITE ROOM, I travelled around Suffolk, as well as visiting Berlin and Narvik, in northern Norway (140 miles within the Arctic Circle). I wander about taking photographs and copious notes on what I see and find that pretty soon the ideas start to come. If I am writing about a particular period I listen to the music of the time. Music is a big theme in THE DYNAMITE ROOM so before I started writing each day I would listen to any classical music mentioned in the book or 1940s swing to get me in the mood. There’s nothing like a bit of Joe Loss or Ben Goodman’s ‘Let Dance’ to propel you into the atmosphere of wartime England. If you want to know what else I listened to whilst writing the novel, why not check out my playlist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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