Goodreads asked Janice Schwarz:

How do you get inspired to write?

Janice Schwarz I find a subject that moves me, and write about it. And as they say: write about what you know, and I do. There is the author's joke about a book grabbing you by the throat screaming: "YOU WILL WRITE ME!". There is a lot of truth to that, for both fiction and non-fiction.

That said, sometimes deadlines do it too. I took a writing class in college and in one hour, we had to write a short fiction story. Mine was the only one read to the class.

Same for one of my RTF classes in college: had to write a Treatment for a current TV show. Mine was the only one read to the class.

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