I feel it must be an act of fate for me to chose to write on this prompt just two posts after my burnout.
A typical example of a hard challenge after a breakthrough, cause truly, for someone who writes basically by instinct.
How does he get inspiration to write about inspiration?
Well after a few hours, I figured it out. He doesn't.
Looking back at some of my best stories and articles, I had no divine template in my head before I opened my notepad and began typing. I simply took a look at the topic and/or prompt, gave it a thought -'what it means to me or what i could make it mean'- and then began writing.
It was always those three basic steps.
Inspiration just came along the way, as I spun words and smithed stories, I begin to smile and have the particular act that I've created iny head being played out.
Yet there are some times when it's not that easy, most times when I do need to do some prep before writing.
Most times, I gain inspiration from other forms of art, other people's stories, movies or music.
They move me so bad that I just have to write and try to share these emotions. Try to pass them along.
Inspiration is a fleeting thing, hence I'm always ever ready to use it when it visits.
Sometimes it may not even be a full song or movie or book.
Some times it could be just one verse or scene or chapter, inspiration isn't bounded by the quantity of the material, but it's gleaned by how the audience takes it.
For a story isn't told but received.
Yet there are some few times when I'm writing a story that I do have a second voice in my head.
Trails of a co-director, telling me how this scene should go and how exactly to put the required amount of 'oomph' to make this scene stand out.
I make it a point to never ignore that voice, especially if I'm writing a story that I'm expressively passionate about.
A story that even without a high payout, I can look at and be proud of what I've created. A story that to me the author, just looks magical.
When I'm through, and I read the story or most likely, have some friends read it after it's been posted, I see that this tale is truly a peak for me.
After all these, some may ask what exactly is inspiration or how does one get it.
The answer is quite simple.
Inspiration is everything and at the same time nothing, it can be anything and at the same time be just one thing.
It depends entirely on the creator who yearns for it.
Plus inspiration isn't something that one sets out to catch, it's more like something that comes to someone.
Like how a cat might come to snuggle close to you but if you try to catch her she'll run away.
That's how fickle inspiration can be.
Although I may be writing from the viewpoint of a writer, I feel that this is the same for all creatives and content creators... Isn't it?
This is a response to the #juneinleo monthly prompt Day 27: "How Do I het Inspiration from my creations or Posts" posted by @leogrowth.
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