Kelley asked Liz Davidson:

How do you get inspired to write?

Liz Davidson I think we all have an innate desire to create and to express ourselves and with writing you can do both. More than being inspired to write, I feel compelled to write— like I’m going to burst if I don’t get the thoughts on paper. There’s a tremendous release to writing, once you accept that the process will be painful.

In terms of writing about a specific topic, I usually ruminate a while before I sit down at the computer. I need to have a vision in my head, to the point where I can sense the story even if the words aren’t there yet. After a while, I just know I am ready to start— it’s that same feeling I describe above, that compulsion to put words to the vision.

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