Goodreads asked Terry R. Hill:

How do you get inspired to write?

Terry R. Hill I think inspiration comes in different flavors. Inspiration to me can come in the form of a great idea for a new book, of which case there are not enough years remaining in my life to address each and every one and do them justice.

Inspiration can also some in the form of sitting down and actually doing the writing. In my life with a very busy work and family schedule, inspiration to sit down and write is rarely, let me emphasize rarely, a problem unless the particular scene(s) that I’m writing are a difficult topic or one of which I have little frame of reference. In such cases I draw upon some of the methods I mentioned in a different question to help clear the writer’s block.

With any of the cases above, to do any quality writing I have to place myself in the moment of the story and become emotionally connected to the scene and characters involved. By clearing the mind of the daily clutter and stimulating the creative centers with the use of scene-appropriate music, I can compose on the most difficult of days.

Writing for me is a privilege and a luxury that I have been allowed to do; no inspiration or motivation required.

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