Goodreads asked Rachel Favilla:

How do you get inspired to write?

Rachel Favilla Well, for my first book (Periods, Poo & A Glorious You) my best friend at the time nagged me to write a book. So I did, but it took me months to decide on a format and the overall energy of the book.

I really enjoy taking complex ideas and infusing them with humour and sass, so, I started writing really cheeky anecdotes about my own health history, and making up character sketches about different body parts and my best friend (at the time) and I both found them to be wildly HILARIOUS, and it was this enjoyment that gave me the energy and inspiration to keep going.

I write books that I myself like to read, so I write as though I am the audience and ask myself 'am I laughing at this?' and if the answer is 'yes', it stays, if it's 'no', then I need to try again. My readers and I have the same sense of humour, so in a way, THEIR enjoyment is MY inspiration. I know them and I know what they (and I) want to read.

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