Goodreads asked Vivian Carpenter:

How do you get inspired to write?

Vivian Carpenter I practice meditation. I love what I'm doing with my life now and writing is something I think I will be able to do for the rest of my life. When you practice mediation some things are revealed to you. Suddenly, You know how some of the pieces fit together in your story. When that happens I am inspired and can't wait to sit down with my laptop. Normally, this happens in the morning when I first wake or after meditating for thirty minutes.
I get excited when the words flow onto the paper with little conscience mental effort. Sometimes you just have to let go and not worry about the judgement of others. Just let the characters say what comes naturally to them, even if you wouldn't talk like that.
I get inspiration by letting every character be true to their character.

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