Goodreads asked Jem Matzan:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jem Matzan I'm inspired to write down summaries of stories, lines of dialogue, and ideas for certain scenarios. Mostly these come from creative problem-solving in everyday life. Something happens that evokes commentary -- something good, bad, funny, irritating, whatever -- and I'll automatically imagine a larger context around it. Sometimes that turns into a plan for a story, or a scene within a story.

Writing the actual book is something that I commit to spending time on. It's something I do to achieve a goal.

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