Emory Keller
This is a tricky question.
Because I write for a living, I just write. Not all of my work is for myself, so it's not as though I'm inspired by a ray of sunshine or a meadow and then sit down to write... although that has happened before.
But waiting for inspiration before I wrote wouldn't get me to the place where I was writing full-time. Instead, it was me waiting for inspiration. Now, I make it happen, and sometimes I get inspired.
It's taken years to believe in myself enough to pursue writing fully, including making myself write every day or most days.
When I was waiting for inspiration to strike, I was letting so many other things take me away from my dreams and goals of writing.
And everyone deserves to live the way they want. If you want to make something happen, let the desire to do it inspire you. You deserve it!
Because I write for a living, I just write. Not all of my work is for myself, so it's not as though I'm inspired by a ray of sunshine or a meadow and then sit down to write... although that has happened before.
But waiting for inspiration before I wrote wouldn't get me to the place where I was writing full-time. Instead, it was me waiting for inspiration. Now, I make it happen, and sometimes I get inspired.
It's taken years to believe in myself enough to pursue writing fully, including making myself write every day or most days.
When I was waiting for inspiration to strike, I was letting so many other things take me away from my dreams and goals of writing.
And everyone deserves to live the way they want. If you want to make something happen, let the desire to do it inspire you. You deserve it!
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