10 Tidbits of Inspiration

As a senior getting ready to write a thesis paper, I need some inspiration before taking my research to that next laborious step. While perusing the Internet recently, I found a few things that are nice reminders about the writing process.

Even though I write pretty well, I still (occasionally) find myself waking up in the middle of the night from being hunted by the Writing Monster (It may actually live under my bed, since there are snacks and amenities down there. Dorm life =/).

These quotes are great for academic and creative writers alike, and who knows --it may give you the same boost as it is giving me.

1. GET STARTED/ FIND INSPIRATION

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin

2. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS

 

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.                            
Steven Wright

3. …BUT DO NOT PROCRASTINATE

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
Thomas Carlyle

4. KEEP CALM, BECAUSE:

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
Anthony Trollope

5. DON’T FORGET TRANSITIONS AND FACTS!

Writing has to support itself.
V. S. Naipaul

6. READ OFTEN:

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

7. BE A GOOD LISTENER:

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.
Jeanette Winterson

8. WRITE WITH YOUR BUDS:

Even when I'm writing plays, I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.
Wole Soyinka

I like sitting and writing with my buddies.
Adam Sandler

9. TAKE BREAKS AND HAVE A GOOD LAUGH, LIKE:

That isn't writing at all, it's typing.
Truman Capote

I am a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan

10. ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, DON’T LET IT ESCAPE YOU:

 

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
Ray Bradbury

AND REMEMBER:

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
Haruki Murakami