The Birth of an Idea
Sometimes it’s the little thing that will inspire you to write.
There are days when I am anxious to write, but I just can’t seem to reach into my soul and pull out anything. I sit there with my hand rubbing my forehead and the pressure continues to build, but I still come up empty. Completely blocked and staring at a blank sheet of paper struggling to come up with some sort of idea. Has that ever happened to you?
Then I close the notebook and push the pen aside and relax my brain, until something inspires me. If I force myself to write an article I find that the article doesn’t produce the result that I had hoped for.
Yesterday while I was watching a program on the television ,one of the characters was wearing this tee-shirt that said, “Life is Blood, Sweat and tears”, it was at that moment I became inspired to write something using that particular phrase. It may not be an awarding winning write, but it did prompt me to write.
The times you decide you want to write may not always be the right time, relax and let it come naturally. Writing is not easy and in spite of how passionate you are about writing the ink pen does run dry sometimes.
Here is what I created from the phrase I saw on the tee-shirt:
Life is blood, sweat and tears,
knowing how to control your
emotions, and knowing how to
conquer your biggest fears
Life is open doors, closed
doors and revolving doors,
reaching for your dreams
and claiming your rewards.
Life begins, but life
doesn’t last forever,
life also has an end.
Then life will repeat itself
all over again.
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Tags: article, blockage, Inspiration, poems, Writing
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March 7th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Inspiration comes in likely places. The harder you think about it, the more you can’t think… Better let it go for awhile and surprisingly it will come out like the piece you’ve written- very true and having a good flow… inspiring too. Thanks for this post, a reminder that we writers have the same probs most of the time lol
March 7th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Oh yes so much so a forced write just does work at all.
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Beginning and end , I am nodding
March 7th, 2010 at 11:09 am
nt is meant for the end of does= doeant was meant to be sorry.
i am tied it is 2am here so off to bed I must go
March 7th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Its called the writers’ block, we all suffer from it at times.
March 7th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Just relaxing and taking it easy are just an underestimated and understated cure. Well crafted piece.
March 7th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Very true, as for the relaxing thing…. I have a busy life most Times…. And writing is my escape, if I do not…. I will be lost to something I, do not want to be doing…. writing block I guess, we all get that some more than others, but hey? try writing about that the next T you feel you have a block? works for me, then again. I do not Edit or waste T as I do most my writing for one reason relaxation.
peace best wishes.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Really enjoyed reading this. You are so right, just letting the ideas flow is much easier, and if they don’t, they don’t. Good article and a wonderful poem to go with it.
March 7th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Good ideas come when you least expect them. I have gotten out of bed umteen times to write down an idea to work on later.
then that idea will not let me go back to bed. If I try to force it I just end up saying to heck with it.
This is good stuff.
March 7th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
A well written piece. And enjoyed reading this. Great one!
March 7th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
It is such a great feeling when a fresh idea pops into your head.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
That was well expressed. You are right, things will unfold well if you let it that way. I don’t write at all, I just play with words,lol.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
That was well written.
March 7th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I liked the poem, very true.
March 7th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Very nice article.Thank you.
March 8th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Reall
March 8th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Really very nice.
March 8th, 2010 at 3:07 am
An inspired piece. Very good.
Christine
March 8th, 2010 at 5:11 am
Ya done good.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Well said and written. I thought that problem is with me only, now i understand.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Sometimes an idea will strike me just as I go to bed and I have to get up and write it all down so I don’t forget it.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
There were so many wonderful comments about this write, I really thank all of you.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:39 am
you can draw inspiration from anything and everything!
March 8th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Me too, I just cannot produce any article, but at times I just write something, I don’t take it too hard, as I take this as my hobby. However, I really appreciate my friends here for accepting them and give me all the confidence to write more.
Keep writing, whenever you have the inspiration. We need not write anything great, but write something from our hearts..
March 8th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Great writing. I hate staring at the blank sheet and sometimes have to walk away for a while. Often when I come back I am freshly inspired.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Nice Share…keep work on..
March 9th, 2010 at 9:36 am
interestin one
March 9th, 2010 at 9:41 am
wel written
March 10th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I don’t force the issue when I write. I start off with keywords and construct things out of those words. I promise myself each time that I will write only a short article to keep up with my target number of articles. I realize later, however, that I was carried away and wrote more than I wanted. I do have different moods in writing. Sometimes I’m inspired and get to write without much fuss. I also “need” to write technical articles in my field. I write poems when I find it awkward to express feelings that bog me. Well, it’s great to be full of ideas, but not enough time to write them all. Nice topic that made me think and write this comment. You can get ideas from anything you encounter. Hmm, I got another one coming…
March 11th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
ur idea gives birth to so many comments
now read each comment and compose a poem or writing as u please
u can produce a gr8 deal of ideas
good luck
see how many read ur birth ideas
not half as many read mine
i read and get inspired too
March 11th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
ur version of life is more beautiful than the birth of an idea
just now i saw a lady push a pram with two kids facing inopposite directions perhaps a years age difference
an idea came to my mind
twins one year apart
now see a new idea has been born .
all writers copy read and observe and then write.
. i last week read seven books on a holiday of a week and now i am bursting and u know where
March 12th, 2010 at 4:50 am
Thanks all of you for viewing and responding to this article especially honey you expressed your opinion twice.