Goodreads asked Djuna Shellam:

How do you get inspired to write?

Djuna Shellam I'm not sure I'd call it inspiration that gets me to writing. It's more of an internal drive of which I have no control. An idea, or a story will begin to formulate in my brain; and over time, it will continue to form until it begins to bubble up into my every thought. That's when I start plotting in my head. Once that plotting begins, there's not much I can do about it until I ultimately find myself jotting down notes on a yellow pad, or at my keyboard, tapping out an outline, a chapter, a synopsis... whatever.

Now, from where that initial storyline idea springs is often a mystery; OR... it can be a bit of a conversation I happen to overhear in a line at the grocery store, or something that happened to a friend or acquaintance, and I'll think, gosh, that little tidbit in their story would make for a great experience for my character. By the time the story is in progress or completed, its genesis is but a vague memory.

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