There are many different things that inspire my writing. The books I read, the photographs I see, the places that I go … they all influence my way of thinking and often lead specifically to articles or creative works. However, the thing that probably inspires me the most is the random conversations that I have with people.
Be it a long talk with a best friend or a chance comment exchanged with a guy on the bus, it is frequently the words of others that draw our attention to things that we wouldn’t have otherwise noticed. They point us in the right direction in order to catch a new train of thought. They inform us about things we hadn’t previously realized. They offer new insight into a way of seeing things that we hadn’t considered.
It is usually not the conversations we plan that happen this way. You can’t force inspiration (although keeping an eye out certainly helps you to see it!) But rather, it is the word here or there … the talk you didn’t think you’d have today … that can make a difference in what you write tomorrow.
Question of the Day: Do you get more inspired by conversations with strangers or those with loved ones?
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