Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson
So, I'm not sure if this means what inspires me to sit my ass down and get cracking or what inspires my ideas so I'll answer both ways...
When it comes to just doing the damn work, I am completely unhinged. My most focused and productive writing sessions happen when I have to take my daughter to the indoor playground. There must be eight zillion trillion kids running around and screaming but something about all that noise feels oddly insulating and I can really crawl deep inside my head and unearth something.
If I were to think about being inspired in term of ideas, I guess I'd say that I am generally very, very pensive. Though outgoing, I tend to have a part of me that is always probing the surface of events and conversations. And I'm one of those people that sees very few boundaries between ideas so before you know it, I've connected an idea to some other idea and damn it, now I need to write a book.
Another source of inspiration is honestly just the questions I have. I think the best and most honest books out there are written by people who perhaps had no knowledge whatsoever about a topic but just a burning question. By the way, it's that burning that keeps you plugging through the seemingly interminable research!
When it comes to just doing the damn work, I am completely unhinged. My most focused and productive writing sessions happen when I have to take my daughter to the indoor playground. There must be eight zillion trillion kids running around and screaming but something about all that noise feels oddly insulating and I can really crawl deep inside my head and unearth something.
If I were to think about being inspired in term of ideas, I guess I'd say that I am generally very, very pensive. Though outgoing, I tend to have a part of me that is always probing the surface of events and conversations. And I'm one of those people that sees very few boundaries between ideas so before you know it, I've connected an idea to some other idea and damn it, now I need to write a book.
Another source of inspiration is honestly just the questions I have. I think the best and most honest books out there are written by people who perhaps had no knowledge whatsoever about a topic but just a burning question. By the way, it's that burning that keeps you plugging through the seemingly interminable research!
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