Writing Strategy: On Getting Inspired Everyday

 Getting inspiration from anything within reach is just a piece of cake to other writers. The rest suffers from what we call the-alibi-not-to-write- a-single-word thingy. Yes, for not all times we have the energy to go on with our writing. The lonely path toward making oneself "unseen and unheard" of, for a week, month or year; focusing time and resources to getting a story done till readers are clamoring for more.

So how do we get inspiration to get going, moving till THE END part is done?

Well, here are some ways to get inspiration even without the energy to do so. As long as you are treating yourself a serious one in your passion to stitching characters, events, settings and motivation-- you're on to the exciting journey toward having written your magnum opus and publishing it for the world to partake -- both fun and wisdom.

1. Look around you-- see, feel, smell, touch the different stimuli which could be a germ of an idea or springboard to jaw-dropping, unstoppable reading binge of your fans, the readers out there who are voraciously devouring every book you're creating.

2. Make yourself hungry. Yes, for ideas, experiences, wisdom from failures, even immersing oneself to world different from yours. Don't be afraid to get into other shoes and understand their own travails. This way, you'll learn something new, fresh and relevant to your writing task, maybe not today but tomorrow. Yes, all stimuli around need our utmost attention.

3. Listen. Eavesdropping is not a sin. It is a must thing to do for a writer like you. You might get something out of people's conversations, complaints and the like about their jobs, daily grind and so on. Maybe the story you'll be writing needs a crisp dialog, impactful scenario or even a thought-provoking wisdom from sarcastic response of a grumpy old man