Goodreads asked Carter F. Smith:

How do you get inspired to write?

Carter F. Smith I think about stuff that I have read about and see if it's been covered like I would want to read it.
As I said about writer's block, it's not been much of an issue for me but I do counsel my students on how to get past it. You take a pen and paper or your computer, tablet, or phone and you start writing. One of my best examples is for a student who has to (gets to) pick their topic for a paper in one of my classes. Imagine they don't know what to write about. They would start with, "I am writing for Dr. Smith's gangs class and I don't know what to write about. I saw something about a street gang on the the news last night so maybe I'll write about that. I think they were called the ThunderLords."
From that point on, the student can no longer say they "haven't started writing their paper." Now, it's all about editing and revising!

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