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Goodreads asked G.F. Smith:

How do you get inspired to write?

G.F. Smith I have developed a method of storyboarding that I use to write my novels. Left to right are chapters, vertical are the characters. I do not outline 100% and follow a ridged path, but I do try to write chapter synopses and just jot them down as they come to me. Of course, I rewrite each summary many, many times. However, it gives me sparks to ponder as I write and somewhere to go to jot down the elements that support what I may be writing in a particular chapter. When I have not written for a while, I skim-read the chapters in sequence and it sparks my memory, and helps generate more content that is new and fresh. Soon, I have a whole structure that I can go in and remodel, as it were. When I found this way, I said to myself…WOW!

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