Goodreads asked John Alexander:

How do you get inspired to write?

John Alexander I always want to write. I don't need to be inspired to do it. I've heard that writing is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. That's probably true. Writing is much easier with the advent of the word processor, although many fine writers prefer longhand. With the word processor, you can write down different ideas and then delete where needed, or store it and go in another direction and then come back later and combine the two if desired. Once you start writing, the ideas should start flowing. The first order of business is to sit down to write. If you wait for inspiration you may never get started.

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