Goodreads asked Wendy Orr:

How do you get inspired to write?

Wendy Orr The simple answer is by sitting down with a notebook and writing! Once I have a story idea in my mind, I sit down and ask myself questions about it. Why does this happen? Who else is in the protagonist's family? etc. The answers lead to other questions and the story forms until it is ready to actually be written.
Once I've started that first draft, I want to go on and find out what happens next - I know the outline, and I know the scene I want to write that day, and the inspirational or fun part is discovering exactly how it's going to happen, because sometimes it surprises me.
As the drafts go on, deadlines and contracts become increasingly inspirational! A lot of writing is discipline: actually getting your bottom onto the chair and the words onto the computer.

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