Columns: Tag – Inspiration
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Writing Quips and Tips
Waiting for Inspiration
A member of our writing class asked me recently whether I waited till I was inspired before writing.
I think this is one of the greatest misconceptions, that writers come over all creative occasionally. There’s this belief that creativity is a mystical process that mysteriously comes upon one and propels one, against all will, to sit down and write with beauty and power.
Well, if you’re waiting for the feeling to come upon you, chances are you haven’t written anything very much. Writing is scary. If you wrote well yesterday, you’ll scared you won’t write well today. And if you haven’t written for a while, you’ll be terrified of coming face to face with your own talent – or lack of it.
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