Goodreads asked Richard Milner:

How do you get inspired to write?

Richard Milner Anything and everything influences me, 24-7. The way a leaf spirals to the ground might prompt the premise for a full story. The cadence of a barista's voice while buying coffee might outline a character portrait. A piece of doom metal might ignite visions of a celestial setting. A lot of initial inspiration happens this way: spontaneously, rapidly and often holistically. The rest is hard work - nails scratching away at blocks of stone. This is why I try to surround myself with art, movies, and music that spurns my imagination and supports my creative inertia. I also dive headlong into specific lines of investigation when I feel the need to explore, most often related to arcane and paranormal subject matter; I crave those things. More often than not, this desire is the result of some unconscious churning that'll come out sooner or later, in the form of "inspiration."

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