Goodreads asked James Thomas Fletcher:

How do you get inspired to write?

James Thomas Fletcher Reading is the best inspiration and writing is a close second. I get much of my inspiration for poems while sitting outside reading (primarily poetry) and watching the natural world slowly change around me. A phrase may launch a memory, a misread word may be even more of a prompt for an idea. Writing itself is a boon. My letters have become lengthier and more descriptive and pieces of them often end up in my poems. Nature itself is an excellent stimulus for poetry.

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