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Inspiration

Quite a few people complained about my “write in order” post by saying they had to write the scenes they were “inspired” for first.  If they wrote in order, they didn’t get “inspiration.”

Here are two quotes from famous authors about inspiration.

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” -Jack London

There are several more of a similar nature.  I follow the “if you only write when you’re inspired, you write as a hobby, not a lifestyle” camp.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful when inspiration happens, but if I only wrote when I was inspired, I would get a lot less writing done.  Plus, you can always force your brain to come up with ideas.  Some people say it’s impossible simply because making your brain form new ideas can be really hard the first couple of times.  Once you get the hang of it, though, it becomes easy to grab inspiration instead of having it come to you.

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    Agreed. Writing everyday has given me the ability to herd the plot bunnies.
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    I would like to add a slightly different perspective to this. You absolutely can write by inspiration - if you are...
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    I agree with writing as often as possible, and forcing it even when not inspired as such (that’s a great time to write...
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    I totally… Well not totally… But really disagree with this. Of course, much of writing is just putting in a day at the...
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