Goodreads asked Rachel Redhead:

How do you get inspired to write?

Rachel Redhead I just get all these ideas for stories all the time, at first I would just crank out hundreds of tiny bits of story and think that was writing, but over the years I've learned to put things together, to build up a more complex and interesting story, though I do like to experiment with what makes a story and what makes a book, to push the boundaries of literature, mixing prose and poetry, prose and script etc to see what works, why it works, what doesn't work and why not. I prefer to listen to music when I'm writing, rather than read books, which many might disagree with, but it works for me. I find that sometimes I need a certain type of music to get me into a certain mood to write a certain piece of the story in a certain way. So dark brooding rock music helps me write nasty brutal scenes, while upbeat ballady music is good for a romantic piece.

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