Inspiration. I have heard that only the really bad writers are waiting for “inspiration” to hit them and deliver the masterpiece ready to type and print in one go. The good writer knows that inspiration is nothing to sit around and wait for when you have deadlines to meet and pages to produce. The solution is to write, write, and write some more and worry about the quality later. I have found more and more that this is true. Inspiration used to be my thing, but when I didn’t have the inspired moments when I needed them I started to doubt it is an effective method. It may be even divine but inspiration is still not something to count on to get the job done. It may come along sometimes anyway and lend a certain extra flow to the writing but that’s all. In my book the hard regular work is what gets the job done at the end of the day. There are no shortcuts to good writing. There are no shortcuts to anything and least of all to the human heart and soul. Remember where you read it first when I have my fifteen minutes of fame.
Thanks for the reminder. I needed to hear it!