Thoughts on Writing When You're Inspired
July 28th 2010 19:57
"I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock in the morning."
Peter De Vries
I make money by writing travel-related articles. At the end of every work day, I need to have produced a travel piece on a current popular topic - my boss does not care if I'm inspired to write or not. And to be honest, sometimes I don't feel inspired to write about the ins and outs of, say, travel insurance. But nobody cares if I feel inspired, all that matters at the end of the day is that I've written another article that's around 600 words long, informative and easy to read.
When it comes to fiction, nobody looks at my daily output but me. So I have to make sure that when I sit down to write a story, I get on with writing it. Fiction writing time is scarce. If I don't make the most of it, I only shoot myself in the foot. When fiction writing time rolls around, I'd better be inspired to write.
Peter De Vries
I make money by writing travel-related articles. At the end of every work day, I need to have produced a travel piece on a current popular topic - my boss does not care if I'm inspired to write or not. And to be honest, sometimes I don't feel inspired to write about the ins and outs of, say, travel insurance. But nobody cares if I feel inspired, all that matters at the end of the day is that I've written another article that's around 600 words long, informative and easy to read.
When it comes to fiction, nobody looks at my daily output but me. So I have to make sure that when I sit down to write a story, I get on with writing it. Fiction writing time is scarce. If I don't make the most of it, I only shoot myself in the foot. When fiction writing time rolls around, I'd better be inspired to write.
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