Goodreads asked Shannon Bradley-Colleary:

How do you get inspired to write?

Shannon Bradley-Colleary I am almost never inspired. I thank (or curse) Steven Pressfield's book, "The War of Art," for forcing me to relinquish being an amateur and stepping up to the plate to go pro. That means punching the clock every day and writing from the beginning of the work day, until the finish. I try not to care about whether the work is good or bad, or to over-identify with being "a writer." I just try to do the work and leave it alone until I punch in the next day.

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