Goodreads asked Martin Gallardo:

How do you get inspired to write?

Martin Gallardo There are several phases of inspiration.

I think one phase it is curiosity and knowledge. The mind is a box of experiences and data through life. Creativity it is finding and connecting the pieces in the box, like a puzzle. To be creative, it is first important to fill the box. Travel, push yourself, meet new people, read more books, listen to music, read about art, history, philosophy, science... and listen to other people experiences. Take pictures in your head of everything you see. Let the world flood you.

Before writing, I need to visualize the scene in my head as I am in the cinema. I want the reader to feel at cinema. I usually listen to the same song on repeat for several hours and go for a long walk or walk inside my small apartment in circles. In my head, I am constructing the scene. Sometimes I am acting as one character talking to the other. This process gives me a lot of joy and inspiration.

Then, writing flows quite naturally, the scene it is in my head, completely clear. I go and just run through it, without style, until it is drafted.

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