What inspires you to write

I love reading a lot and so I guess this inspires me to try some creative writing. I do write on a regular basis though as I keep journals. You write about your thoughts, your feelings about what's going on around you and that kind of stuff. I think that when you write, the writing itself is a kind of therap; it makes you feel good. I guess it also helps if you've had a varied kind of life and you do a lot of different things, then you have a lot that you can write about. Then again, if you are at the opposite end of the spectrum and don't know what to write, just put pen to paper and see what comes out of your mind!! Andrew

Reading has always inspired me to write. I also use to get inspired when I would go for walks or hikes, but now I live in a place where I don't get out and walk often nor is there really any place to hike. I always seem to get my best inspiration in the early mornings when everything is quiet and I still have the day to myself. My biggest problem is getting the inspiration out of my head and onto the paper. It seems I will write whole chapters to my novel or work out scenes or write a poem, but it never makes its way to the paper. I have been trying to recapture some of the writing habits I use to have, but for the past couple of years I have become so lax that I worry that my muse is going to pack her bag and move back to Idaho without me.

I just write what comes in my head. I do not need an inspiration except when I start putting words on the keyboard, they just come along. I do like to tell stories, and I am always thinking of what if, and sometimes in my dream, I see this image and it either has to start a story or is in it. Sometimes I see something when we are driving, sometimes I read something, so I have no idea what starts the writing frenzy. Yes my mind is going overtime with ideas, but for putting them on paper, some things are better left unwritten. Especially here on myLot.

Hi friend! I get to write whenever I get to experience something worth sharing or writing. I am also sparked by conversations that I had with people around me. The things I see gives me ideas to write about too. Basically it depends on what's happening in my life. My everday routine inside the house and outside wherever I go. I guess I am a keen observer too. Ciao!

Sometimes something will happen and I'll think, I could write a story about that. But the thing that gets my mind to working and motivates me to write is listening to good music. I have had some inspirations in the shower, also. I think you can escape from the world while listening to music and when in the shower. Maybe that's when your imagination kicks in.

i write because there is an urge in me to write..i just love writing... since my childhood days..in writing i can express what i feel especially through poetry....when i feel like to write...i went to the keyboard immediately and let my finger tip over the keyboard...

I'm inspire by art and TV (weirdly enough), as well as some music and books. Little kids and nature, as well as by events I go to. I write about politics, the environment, justice, and so on.

That's great that you are trying to do more physical to get inspiration. LOL showers do cause one to think don't they. I've done that as well. Driving for me gives me the best time to think. Nature really is inspirational to me. I also write about life and people. Things I note, and experience. Things others share and have experienced. I really try to understand the other's perspective when I write about people.

having the thought that i can write if others can inspires me to write. i dont know, i just feel it so..

Most of the time my inspiration comes from the most unexpected places, it could be something my girlfriend says, a quote, or even a political / religious view point. I take these things and incorporate them into my writing; in doing so, I can state my point of view (under guise of a story) without fearing criticism and/or looking stupid