Goodreads asked Dane Huckelbridge:

How do you get inspired to write?

Dane Huckelbridge I'd say it usually starts with a single, simple, compelling idea. A title, even. And the story just unfolds from there. I get lots of bad ideas, and I usually realize they're such after two or three pages. But once the needle hits the groove, and three pages turns into thirty, thirty to one hundred, and the story's still going, then I more or less know. When I get really into a story, I often find myself getting out of bed in the middle of the night to add a detail that I'm afraid I might forget by the morning. But this doesn't happen often, usually I only come up with an idea I feel confident in every couple years.

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