Sometimes, inspiration is easy to find. It falls out of the sky like a bolt of lightning.
Other times, it is much more elusive, like chasing a will-o-‘the-wisp
I’ve found inspiration both ways. (Or, really, it has found me.) Usually, though, it’s a bit more…mundane. A random thought, picture, name, or word will settle in my brain and I’ll hear an almost-audible click, and I know the Muse has snatched up whatever tiny piece just arrived and ran off into the darkness with it, giggling. (My Muse is a bit terrifying at times.) That little bit will be fitted together with other random bits to form a somewhat-complete idea. When the Muse is finished with an idea, she’ll give it to me. Or I’ll have to pry it from her greedy little fingers. One of the two.
But reading inspires me. Fiction. Creative non-fiction. Classics. Blog posts.
That being said, here are a few interesting, inspiring links I’ve come across lately:
Letting go vs holding on, by Cristian Mihai.
A year-old post on Writing Inspiration, by Rucy Ban.
Another post on Writing Inspiration, on H. Squires Novels.
Writing Inspiration, on the ramblings of a literature nerd (Isn’t that the greatest name? Fellow literature nerds unite!)
On Writing, on Hello Alle.
Go. Be inspired. Write.
