Goodreads asked Reggie Lutz:

How do you get inspired to write?

Reggie Lutz Inspiration is a funny thing. I suspect answers among most writers are similar. I can get an idea from something overheard, something that makes me mad, something that has me curious, something I would like to understand better, an image, a melody. But inspiration does not arrive as suddenly as it did when I was starting out. It seems to come as much from showing up at the page and putting words there on a regular basis. Sometimes something worth exploring emerges, and sometimes not, but it really is true that the more you do this work the easier it becomes to access a story that's lurking just under conscious awareness. It sounds like magic, a little bit, but it really comes from a combination of self-discipline and a very basic urge to create something.

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