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Goodreads asked Kim Wright:

How do you get inspired to write?

Kim Wright Sometimes when I'm on panels people ask this question and the truth is I get my best ideas for writing, while I'm writing. Writers aren't always in a lather of inspiration when they cut on their computers - or at least I'm not! But I tell myself I need to produce 1000 new words first thing every morning, no matter what. Sometimes they're 1000 good words, sometimes 1000 not so good words and most days, it's somewhere in between. The important thing is that I do them.
And there are plenty of days when suddenly, while I'm writing, I feel the flow starting. It's like a buzz of energy and you lose all track of time and that's when you know you're in the zone. The interesting thing is that it's not like you get inspired and then you write, which I think a lot of people assume. It's more frequently the case that you start writing and then you get inspired.

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