Goodreads asked Richard L. Pastore:

How do you get inspired to write?

Richard L. Pastore Over 90% of the time, it starts with imagined dialog between different characters with a specific personality trait. If the dialog seems to flow naturally, I start to think more about the characters - who they are, what they do, how they know each other. That provides me with a rough enough sketch to go to the next step of considering an appropriate high-level story line. I consider their goals, where they start, where they are and where they want to go.

As the writing progresses, the personalities are fine-tuned and, on some occasions, significant features are changed to better reflect the developing story line.

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