Real Words

I have often said to people that my favorite feeling in the world is inspiration. It’s better than falling in love (although much akin to it). It’s better than being content. It’s better than being proud. And of course, it can include all of these other emotions and sensations at different times. Inspiration is a feeling that starts new again and again.

Because I feel this way, it is no surprise that I’ve considered inspiration to always be the underlying theme of this blog. It’s about turning my ideas on inspiration into tangible advice for other writers. It’s about hoping to inspire other writers with the stories of my own successes at freelance work. And it’s about providing links to things that have inspired me in order to spark that excitment about inspiration in others.

Although that has always been what I’ve done here on Real Words, it’s going to turn into something of a more conscious effort. I believe that it’s important to regularly share with others what inspires us individually. So, you’re going to start seeing a daily column here on Real Words called Inspired. Each post will reveal something that has inspired me … a book, a piece of art, a blog post, a theory, an idea, an image, an author, a piece of food … and it will tell you something about why it has inspired me and what, if anything, I plan to do with that inspiration.

There are several things that I hope to get out of doing this column and there are several things that I hope my readers get from it. I hope to challenge myself to open my eyes in a different way in order to be able to always see what new things are inspiring me. I hope to open the eyes of others to these sources of inspiration so that they may look at each of them a little bit more closely. I hope to provide artists of all kinds with more attention to their work by pointing people in the direction of it. Most importantly, I hope that this column encourages others to pay attention to the sources of inspiration in their own lives

Being inspired is the best feeling of all! The new column starts tomorrow and I look forward to your feedback.

Question of the Day: What is your biggest ongoing source of inspiration?

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