Goodreads asked Stephen B. Anthony:

How do you get inspired to write?

Stephen B. Anthony I get inspired to write by reading. You can't really be a good writer if you don't read. Often I find myself pondering the work between sessions asking, "What if the author had taken the story X instead of Y at this point?" So really, it's about watching, reading, listening to stories and wondering what would happen if something had gone differently. This typically leads me to imagine new outcomes, which drives the desire to write a story.

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