Goodreads asked Rebecca de Winter:

How do you get inspired to write?

Rebecca de Winter This is a really good question!

I find it's a mix of things that either I or my friends have experienced, or are in the news - and then my brain sort of goes "well what if this happened..."

But I often have to let ideas "percolate" in my head for a few months before I plot them. I'll often listen to a lot of music or watch specific movies or films that tie to the idea I've got.

I very much believe in leaning into the rabbit holes and weird little obsessions my brain has, because often they flavour the narrative I end up writing. I let myself indulge all those weird 3am wikipedia articles and random youtube videos.

I'd say though, that as I'm synaesthetic, music is hugely inspirational for me and I can't write without it.

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