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Goodreads asked David L. Gurnee:

How do you get inspired to write?

David L. Gurnee It only takes a spark to start a blazing fire, and you never know when or from where it will come. But I believe all great ideas are born of a question(s), and that "what if" is the father of inspiration.

I'm much better now at being able to see when an idea has real potential, or is just a dead end. I jot down all the ideas I feel are good, but it seems like when an idea has real potential for me, that I can't stop writing, and usually write a synopsis and outline for the whole story within a relatively short period of time.

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