Goodreads asked Liane Carter:

How do you get inspired to write?

Liane Carter An idea will pop in my head and my insides jiggle in excitement and I can feel the smile on my face; characters appear visually in my mind and start chatting to me and I scramble for pen and paper to write the initial idea; I imagine worlds I'd like to live in; I walk in nature and am inspired by shapes of leaves, trees, insects, wave formations, patterns in sand. These things spark 'what ifs', imagery and dialogue in my mind. I've learned to take pen and paper and my Dictaphone everywhere as ideas come anywhere and it beats having to repeat the idea over and over until I arrive home so I don't forget it. My husband bought me a pen light years ago after getting sick of me turning the bedside lamp on and off every few minutes to write down ideas because fabulous answers and ideas come to me just as I'm dropping off to sleep; meditation also brings ideas. The emptier my mind is of busy thoughts, the more space for imagination.

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