Goodreads asked Michael J. McManus:

How do you get inspired to write?

Michael J. McManus I am always inspired to write. It is finding the time to write that is the problem. When I do find the time I am engaged immediately. For me, it is almost like turning on a TV set and turning to a favorite show. As soon as the words I have already written show up on my laptop screen, the characters come alive and I begin to put them through scenarios, conversations and actions, in which I think they might involve themselves. It is like daydreaming, and all I have to do is write down the words.

In his book "Misery", Stephen King talks about finding the hole in the paper as a writer, and going through that hole to become an observer to the story. I suppose I find the hole in the monitor and do the same thing. In some cases I write a few thousand words without realizing how far I have advanced the story. When I have to force a story, it is never the same.

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