Goodreads asked Aila Stephens:

How do you get inspired to write?

Aila Stephens I usually come up with story ideas when I'm half-asleep. It's a blessing and a curse, because I can usually see the ideas really quite clearly and get a sense for the beginning, middle, and end sections. However, once I rouse enough to jot things down, I have to be fast or a lot of details start to fade quickly.

Apart from that, I find that going for a drive somewhere in the mountains helps to reboot my mind from the clutter I collect in the city. In fact, recently I came up with a rough story idea while in the NC Mountains that has a working title of There's Nobody Like Veronica, but I've only started the planning phase for it.

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