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Goodreads asked Dean L. Hovey:

How do you get inspired to write?

Dean L. Hovey People, the news, and events provide a constant stream of plot ideas. They bounce around inside my head until an "aha" moment when some of them align and lead me to a plot outline. From there, the characters start interaction and they lead me through the story through their dialogue and the situations that pop into my head.

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