Goodreads asked Errin Stevens:

How do you get inspired to write?

Errin Stevens That word "inspired" is kind of a challenge for me, because writing and inspiration are not often close companions in my work, at least not when I'm in fact writing at my desk. I do start a story with an overall idea/drive to say something or explore some 'what if...?' proposition, usually from something I've read, or an interaction I can't stop thinking over. And there is a kind of switch that goes off in my head that I literally cannot turn off. For instance, I might read a novel that really gets to me, and I think, "How would I tell that story? What about it is most compelling to me?" When I'm thinking about an idea day and night, I know it will be strong enough to carry me through what is for me the very long process of manuscript development.

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