Goodreads asked Ralph Rotten:

How do you get inspired to write?

Ralph Rotten Stories just come to me. The good ones get pushed to the back of my mind where I process them for a year or more. Only once I have 90% of the story outlined, do I even start typing the first word. I usually have 2 or 3 ideas fermenting at any given moment. I've never had trouble coming up with ideas to write. My problem is finding the time to write all of them.

But I think that these days most aspiring writers lose their inspiration to social media. See, the deal is that your mind needs to be bored in order for your imagination to kick in. But if you spend every spare second with your nose in Facebook or Twitter then your brain will never be activated. If you suffer from lack of inspiration, then turn off the damned radio, log out of that forum, set down your phone, and let your mind engage.

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