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Hi, Thomas,

What writers do doesn’t really require what you call inspiration. We write because we have something to say, a story to tell. That’s all it takes to have us in front of the keyboard, pecking away!

You seem to want to write something, but you have no idea what. Short detective stories? All you have to do is make one up, fill it out from beginning to end in your mind, and then sit down and write it. The writing is the easy part. It’s having something to say that’s hard, and no one can help you with that. You either have something to say, or you don’t. Perhaps not yet. Sorry. But work at it in your mind. That’s where a good story comes from. Good luck.       —–Gordon Korman—–