Goodreads asked Affinity Konar:

How do you get inspired to write?

Affinity Konar I think inspiration is pretty unpredictable, and it's best to just be plain disciplined about a writing routine, to plot out a practice that encourages inspiration to strike, rather than simply expect inspiration to appear. But when I'm deep in a book, I'll use the same playlist to place me in a certain mode. I'll revisit the writers I love the most. I watch films--usually the same ones, over and over again--that carry some element I want for my own work, whether it be atmospheric, plot-like, or something suggestive of character.
I meditate. Inspiration comes from a place of measured calm for me--it's something that rarely hits when I'm frenzied or anxious.

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