Goodreads asked Gary Mill:

How do you get inspired to write?

Gary Mill I keep a list of potential story ideas drawn from all sorts of sources, so once I have an idea for a story which I think could work I just go for it. The initial inspiration to write is probably just a need for me to keep busy and productive. But once I launch myself into the new project, the momentum of the creative process seems to become self-propelling. That's when the 'parallel world' of the story starts to inhabit my day-to-day existence: I go for a run, I think of some juicy dialogue; I go for a walk with my wife, I think of a nasty end for one of my characters (no offence, Christine); I go to bed, I lie awake revising a particularly challenging plot-twist.
In essence, therefore, it's the need to tell a (hopefully) riveting and unique story that becomes the ultimate inspiration for me to keep on writing.

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