Goodreads asked Hadley Dyer:

How do you get inspired to write?

Hadley Dyer Most days I simply ask myself a slew of questions about the story and do my best to answer them, whether in notes or by scribbling rough material. Once I vaguely know what I'm doing, I can begin to build a scene, word by word, and then the novel, scene by scene. (It's similar with nonfiction, only I'm relying on research, not my imagination.) No inspiration required, though a little music or reading can help prime the pump when I'm feeling sooky, as we say Down East, about getting started.

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