Goodreads asked Stuart Boon:

How do you get inspired to write?

Stuart Boon That's a really interesting question actually. The difficult truth behind it is that inspiration doesn't often come easily. I love Jack London's classic quote: 'You can't wait for inspiration.You have to go after it with a stick.'

I think Jack is so right. When inspiration comes, it's great--and it comes from books, of course, and often film and music for me. But more often than not, writing isn't about inspiration... it's about personal motivation and persistence. Writing is a process of sustained accrual.

You have to sit at your desk--or wherever you write--and make writing happen. Have faith in your own process, in your creativity, and put pen to paper, over and over. That's what works for me.

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