Goodreads asked Joanie Strulowitz:

How do you get inspired to write?

Joanie Strulowitz I find inspiration everywhere, but if I waited for it to strike, I'd never get anything written. I truly believe that--as the old saying goes--the hardest part about writing is sitting down to start. Once I do though, I don't want to stop.

Sometimes the words pour out whole, and I write page after page nonstop. Other days, I feel like I'm plodding through to reach what Michelangelo called "the angel in the stone". Either way, I truly love the process. And can't not write.

Some things that inspire me: Stacks of yellow, narrow-ruled legal tablets. Buckets of Papermate Flair Medium pens. The side of a grocery bag as I walk home. Sitting on the floor. My Mac computer. Memories. Textures. Colors. The aroma of coffee. Random conversations, sights, experiences. Children. White noise. White light. Crystals. Books by amazing authors. And always, always the arts.

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