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How do you get inspired to write?

David Alexander Baker I rarely write when I'm inspired. Mostly it's a slog, a steady grind. If you wait for inspiration to write, you won't accomplish much.

But there are some tools you can use to help you through the long march: read, keep a journal, travel, cook and eat with people you like (and even some you don't, read some more. Repeat.

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