Goodreads asked Harry James Fox:

How do you get inspired to write?

Harry James Fox What works for me is to visualize a scene. I can do this while I am driving or doing any kind of daily activity. It is very much like daydreaming. Then when I have the scene visualized and can see it in my mind, I sit down at the keyboard and write what I see. In the case of dialogue, i write what I hear being spoken. This gives me the first draft of the scene. I assemble the scenes into chapters and so on.
Sometimes, when I write a scene, the images come to life, and I can get a good run involving several scenes in a series.
Editing is the hard part, because it sometimes involves deleting entire scenes that really do not advance the plot. I have a hard time dropping well-written text. A good editor can help here.

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