Goodreads asked Lyssa deHart:

How do you get inspired to write?

Lyssa deHart How did I get inspired to write, this is a complex question. There wasn't one or two things that sparked the idea. Writing a book had been silently riding shotgun with me for years. I had been playing with multiple titles. In fact, I came up with book titles all the time. I sat in the shoes of each title as an idea. Then I would take the shoes off and get on with my life. I wasn't making time, and I wasn't prioritizing the process. I had been playing with the idea of StoryJacking since 2014, based on my work with people and my own personal growth work. In 2014-2015 my mother-in-law was living with us. She was diagnosed with end-stage pancreatic cancer. Going through the end of life with someone invites you to get curious about how you want to think about yourself when your own time comes. Did I want to have this huge regret? Did I want to be annoyed with myself? I decided that, since none of us has an expiration date stamped on our behinds, I didn't have time to waste avoiding a dream that I felt was important. Since my book is a self-help book, people inspired me to write and so did thinking about how I wanted to think and feel about myself. I didn't need to come up with characters and be inspired to create a new world or summons a myriad of situations. What I needed was the inspiration of truth, ultimately sharing a truth from my unique perspective.

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