Category: Inspiration

How do you get inspiration for your writing?

The Wonderful World of Inspo

It is a lot like exercising, I have found. If you keep on using it, then you will have more and more of it.

If not, then you will not.

Heh.

Getting Your Inspiration Act in Gear

For all of this to really work, you need a certain degree of volume. And you also need to be utterly shameless. Er, what am I talking about here?

It is all about writing down every single stupid brain fart you get. All of the little weird nuggets. What you dreamed about. And what you can hear on the bus when you eavesdrop on unsuspecting commuters.

Write. It. Down.

Ray Bradbury said that it was impossible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. But I also think that it is impossible to have that many bad ideas in a row.

Some of them are throwaways no matter what. But some others can, potentially, be salvaged.

So, keep the baby. Toss the bath water.

And Then What?

And then, dear reader, you need to start to write!

Like Bradbury said, it will not all be dreck. Some of it will actually be halfway decent.

Keep that stuff. But do not get rid of the rest of it! Rather, stick it in a drawer somewhere, either physically or electronically.

Look at it later. Maybe it’s not as bad as you once thought. Heh, maybe it’s even worse! But you might also find the germ of an idea. Back in the day, you did not have the skill to really bring it to life.

But now, maybe you do.