Goodreads asked Sitharaam Jayakumar:

How do you get inspired to write?

Sitharaam Jayakumar Well, I have already said a lot about how I started my writing journey in my author profile. So I will not harp on that again. I post articles as well as poetry on my blog. As far as articles go, whenever a headline in the newspaper or the television affects me strongly I write about it. But for poetry, I admit I have to wait for inspiration. A chance comment by someone or some line or phrase I happen to hear somewhere makes me sit down and write poetry. I write flash fiction and short stories taking cues from photo prompts provided by sites such as Friday Fictioneers, Sunday Photo Fiction, Sue Vincent's Daily Echo and several other such sites. As far as full-length novels are concerned I am a fan of Stephen King. I simply love his books. I get inspiration by reading his novels. I dream of being able to emulate him someday which is a very very tall order and sounds ridiculous even to me.

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