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How do you get inspired to write?

Daniel Barnhart Deadlines. Seriously. I have 15 Messy Anne books in my head that I haven't written down. I've got two chapter books, three film scripts, about two dozen cartoons and handful of other children's picture books. I let this stuff percolate and evolve and the only way it gets onto the paper and I set it in stone is the necessity of it all. Otherwise, I'd be revising and reworking it forever.

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