Goodreads asked Julia Stone:

How do you get inspired to write?

Julia Stone Inspiration can come from anywhere and I keep every quote, photo, or article that has sparked a creative thought. When I start developing a theme for a novel, my first move is to create an image bank or collage for my characters and their world. I need to see them, to visualise their environment in order to understand them. Coming from a psychology background, I am interested in behavioural ticks, habits, thought patterns and ways of seeing the world. I often draw up a psychological profile for the main characters. Each new idea for a novel gets its own notebook which is soon densely packed with outline ideas, sketches, mind maps, scribbles and midnight thoughts.

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