Goodreads asked Adam Wasserman:

How do you get inspired to write?

Adam Wasserman I started writing stories when I was still in grade school. One of those early outliers even made it into a chapter of The Grey Life, my first novel written during my college years. So for me "inspire" is not an accurate choice of word to describe what happens when I get down to writing. There are always ideas flitting through my head like kites, and if any of them takes hold of my imagination and germinates, then I'll eventually start writing it down. There is a reward factor involved, too. Often, I'm telling the story to myself as I work, and if I surprise myself with an unexpectedly poignant or revealing scene, or if the story takes a sudden turn in an inevitable but heretofore unknown direction, I'll end the session with a warm, rewarding feeling of satisfaction. So perhaps the best way to answer this question is to say that I have to be invested in the idea and the story that derives from it. The inspiration to write just comes naturally.

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