As a writer I am often asked what inspires me and as you all know it is my characters that help move me along. Now another question popped up a couple weeks ago "where or how could someone find inspiration?". When that question was posed to me I stumbled on my answer and it was only after it was too late that the answer came to me.
Inspiration isn't something you can look for, as a matter of fact, I can almost guarantee that looking for it will produce the exact opposite result. It isn't something that can be found in one certain place and I believe that if you're looking for it, you will never find it, it will evade you like the plague. That's not to say it'll never find you. Inspiration can be a billboard that you see along the highway, it can be a comment in passing, it can even be a look someone gives you. Inspiration is as individual as the person itself. The trick is, you have to be able to recognize it when it does hit. Remember this: inspiration is but a fleeting moment in time and it's up to you to capture it.
Have a great day.
