Goodreads asked Sara Allen:

How do you get inspired to write?

Sara Allen It usually starts with an image. But sometimes it can be a news headline. For example, I recently read a story about an NFL player who commented on black women and I found it very derogatory. I wondered how I would vindicate myself, against what he said. The outline developed and became a thriller: A plot to set off killing nerve gas in London, a secret society intent on furthering their goals, a double agent, who sets out to fulfil the task, then changes his mind because he falls for the NFL players bereaved fiancee, a missing brother-in-law, and the girlfriend of the double agent who realises that he's not going to carry out the plan and goes off to do it alone.

I'm also a big fan of Pinterest, where I usually go to find muses, places and other inspiration.

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