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How do you get inspired to write?

Robert Cage I get my inspiration from other writers --- either people in my writing group or the writers that influence me. I get ideas from all different types of media: books, movies, even music.

I will often find solutions to writing/plotting problems in the fiction of many of the great writers. Often as a warm-up to writing, I will read the fiction of one of my heroes, something that really inspires me to achieve the clarity of vision that they possess. I don't often achieve it, but I can definitely see an improvement.

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