Goodreads asked Leslie D. Stuart:

How do you get inspired to write?

Leslie D. Stuart To me, feeling inspired to write is like being handed a gift, where someone whispers, "Here, see this moment, this person and their world, feel it. Now go tell the story." Then you must sit and write. That is our job.

Over the years, I have learned to channel those moments when pure inspiration for a story hits, to focus my thoughts, see the scene and people clearer. It takes practice.

But in truth, the spark of creativity is a fire carried inside the heart of every writer, the gift of story-telling and imagination that makes us experience life not just through our own eyes, but on a different aspect from others. We don't just live life, we feel the potential for alternate scenarios that come from the ordinary world. It is a tiny flicker inside, always waiting for life to breathe ideas across the flame.

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