Goodreads asked Michael Patrick Lewis:

How do you get inspired to write?

Michael Patrick Lewis Two years ago, I was in a minor career crisis of my own doing. I needed an outlet to reclaim some of my personal time so that I wouldn't be agonizing over my bad career choice during such time. So I started observing things that were happening at this job I wasn't happy with, and documenting them in a notebook I carried with me everywhere. Then, I started writing down ideas for books that I could possibly write. Third, I started outlining what a "career-switcher" book would need to have in it. And finally, I started typing out stories as they came to mind, and reconciled those stories with my outline for "The Vulnerable Career Switcher". As for the day-to-day inspiration to write, I have a cool, instrumental mix of mostly movie soundtracks (the instrumental songs from such soundtracks) that puts me in a writing mood. I play it every time I want to write, and the words start appearing on paper.

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