Goodreads asked Devanye Hansen:

How do you get inspired to write?

Devanye Hansen I originally began story-telling when I was very young because I had vivid recurring nightmares and creating a happy ending for them once I woke up was an effective way of dealing with them. I was inspired to write, however, because of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I read the whole trilogy sixteen times between the ages of 11 and 13, when I was finally allowed to watch the movies. I wanted to make more just like it. I haven't yet, but a girl can try.
My writing process is very similar to how it started out, I still have vivid dreams, but now less of them are nightmares. When I wake up, I try to organize what happened, weave the dream and the explanation, and give the whim expression. It can be a very trance-like experience, which sounds bizarre, but it is what it is. I am very thankful for the great, caring people I'm blessed to have in my life who drag me out of my fiction and make the world I live in enjoyable.

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