How Do You Get Inspired?

Where in the world do we get our inspiration from? How does it come flooding in on a regular basis? Is there a process that each of us go through? Does it come from an unknown source?

Let's say we pick 100 people for a group to write about a particular subject. In that group of 100, you will get 100 different stories with their own spin or creativity. Rarely, will two stories copy themselves...at least not word for word.

We all know our imagination creates these wild and wonderful places that we eventually put on paper. Yet most are still baffled, where does the beginning of inspiration actually start before it gets to your imagination? Some say it's streamed in naturally from somewhere beyond explanation.



The other day, I was forced to go to the dentist and not just any dentist but a surgical one. As I glanced around, I could imagine myself falling out from the dentist chair and crashing violently through the floor-to-ceiling second story window. I also saw someone lying flat on what looked like an operating table with only feet sticking out from under a blanket down the hallway. I couldn't see all the way into the room, but enough to tell the person was perfectly still. My first thought, you don't make it out alive. In my mind it was a morgue and oddly enough, it was the only room that didn't have a single window. The only thing missing was a toe tag! In that case, my imagination was probably being run by fear. I started rambling this off to my friend in an attempt to rid myself of nervous energy when he stared me down until finally he commented, "What a fertile imagination, can't take a writer anywhere."

I honestly believe inspiration comes from anywhere. It comes from ideas, dreams, real life, living your own trials, watching others and their inspiring stories, history. I cannot emphasize enough that inspiration will come from the most outrageous and awkward of places.

Everything a writer sees, experiences, hears and touches eventually becomes a part of their writing.


How do you get inspired?
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And lastly, Happy Father's Day for all the wonderful and amazing gents out there. Have a relaxing weekend.





Connect at https://lnkd.in/bYFM6-4 or http://www.skthomasauthor.com to learn more about this author and her Pawned Queen thriller/mystery series. SK Thomas is a writer, author, book reviewer and the curious creative complex brain behind this blog.