Goodreads asked Taylor Vaughan:

How do you get inspired to write?

Taylor Vaughan I'm a big believer in discipline over inspiration. That doesn't always work even for me, but I keep a calendar with personal goals and deadlines that I know are personally doable and I love the feeling when I hit those goals. So when I miss a day, the attitude becomes, "I may have an off-day, but that's okay because my goal is to finish [X] part of a certain project by the end of the month." instead of, "I missed a day and now I am behind and I'll never get into the flow again and everything is bad." Sometimes those feelings still creep in, but they're less pervasive. I guess long answer short, I make color coded calendars :)

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