Goodreads asked C. James Gilbert:

How do you get inspired to write?

C. James Gilbert My interest in writing began back in the 4th grade in English class. The teacher would take a picture from a magazine and tape it to the blackboard. It may have been a picture of a beautiful landscape or maybe a picture of a city street. Then the class was told to get up and go take a good look at the picture. Then we were instructed to write a story about what we saw in the picture. It could be humorous, mysterious, science fiction, etc., but the story had to come from just what we saw in the picture. I enjoyed it immensely and it was then that I knew I had a passion for writing.

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