Emily K. Murphy
By travelling. Even if I'm just riding in a car through an unfamiliar town, I use houses I pass as inspiration. Who lives there or lived there? What do they like to do? Go to that corner shop down the road? Or is that the sketchy corner shop with the on-edge Vietnam vet?
I also get ideas by watching movies. Then I start imagining that story, but slightly different. For example, Mary Hartford is like a Jane Austen story, but from a tenant's point of view. It's also a Charles Dickens type story, but for a younger audience.
I also get ideas by watching movies. Then I start imagining that story, but slightly different. For example, Mary Hartford is like a Jane Austen story, but from a tenant's point of view. It's also a Charles Dickens type story, but for a younger audience.
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