Goodreads asked Jeffrey D. Keeten:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jeffrey D. Keeten My inspirations come from everywhere. A well written sentence in a book I'm reading can inspire me to get on the computer and dash off a few hundred words. My dreams are always a fruitful place for inspiration. Sometimes a mild writer's block can be broken by a twenty minute doze. I so often rise from a nap and go AH HA...that's where we are going. I remember I once wrote a short story after seeing a woman in a wedding dress pushing a baby carriage up a hill in San Francisco. Inspiration to write can come from anywhere. I just have to stay aware of everything that goes on around me and log it away. Something I noticed ten years ago could be a perfect segment in a story today.

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