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Goodreads asked Whitney McKendree Moore:

How do you get inspired to write?

Whitney McKendree Moore Mostly by reading good writing! For me, reading affects me as if "I am what I eat." This makes me VERY fussy about what I read. Being on Goodreads has clarified for me what kinds of books most inspire me and really get my creative juices flowing. Best for me is allegory, whether literal (like "Pilgrim's Progress") or not (like Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"). Reading poetry also stokes my fires, especially poetry that is "deathy." My writing improves the more I confront the inevitability of my own mortaility.

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