Barry Cunningham
Barry Cunningham asked Ian Rankin:

I recently finished a book and self published, a very interesting and amazing experience. Friends, who are amazed that I've done it, ask what's it like, where do you get the inspiration? Strangely enough the best thing I can say to them is "Writing is just the same as reading, its as if I just read it" Is it the same for you? If not What? Cheers - Barry Cunningham

Ian Rankin I never know where a story is going to take me when I start writing one. But luckily for me the story seems to know where IT wants to go and it reveals that destination over the course of the first draft.

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