Goodreads asked Rebecca Cook:

How do you get inspired to write?

Rebecca Cook Most of the time, I write because I hear the words in my head. Characters will start speaking to each other and I can see and hear them having their conversation in the cafe.

Almost always, with poems and lyric essays, I hear the first line of a poem or a lyric essay, and the rest just pours out. This does not mean that I don't rework and pound on many of my poems and lyrics, but the process of poetry and lyric essays flows in a different way than short stories or straight up/head-on essays.

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