Inspiration

Good morning!

What is inspiration, how do you get it and what can you do with it?

It can be something as simple as hearing a song and feeling an emotion well up in you that you never considered before. Maybe you did consider it, but it never really stuck with you. Write about it. Write about how it makes you feel, how it moves you to take some action in your life or, how it has affected your life. Transfer those feelings and experiences to a fictitious character and you've got the makings of a story.

Many people experience inspiration but don't know what to do with it. Or, they shunt it aside as having nothing to do with what they are involved in at the time. I file mine away for later use. Cue the file to open with the advent of a song, a scent, a sensation, and you will have it available at will.

Thank you,
Derek A. Murphy
Author of Behind the Stone, Eggs of Empire and others.
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