Goodreads asked Rick Barry:

How do you get inspired to write?

Rick Barry Sometimes an author writes from inspiration, but often not. I mean, no matter whether it's an idea for a short story or a novel, when an exciting new idea wells up in my mind and convinces me that readers would like this story, then that powerful inspiration excites me, making it easy to sit and start developing it. But when you're three or four months into a novel and the ideas aren't flowing as fast as before, you have force yourself back to the computer and continue even if you don't feel "inspired." And you know what? Later, when the book is published, even I can rarely recall the portions where I felt inspired and those where I was simply using self-discipline to add new paragraphs to the story!

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