Goodreads asked J.D. Kaplan:

How do you get inspired to write?

J.D. Kaplan Music. I listen to music all the time, usually as loud as I can tolerate while exercising, driving or just sitting on the couch. The ideas for what I write come to me during these times. It's a reaction to whatever emotion the music is carrying rather than the message that might be contained in it. Sometimes I envision a snippet of a scene while listening to a certain song. That song then becomes a regular part of my listening sessions until the scene fleshes out and a larger story comes to me.

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