Where do you derive the inspiration to write?
Before I get to publish a blog post, this is normally what happens to me…

even Spongebob blogs...
… I sit in front of the computer, go to WordPress (Supergoddess Me), click “New Post.”
… then I stare at the screen for a good five minutes.
… I get impatient when I get to minute 3 so I open another tab and check out Facebook.
… about two minutes into Facebook, I find out that there’s nothing new happening in FB world so I go back to WordPress.
… Inhale, exhale. I will get that inspiration somehow.
… Maybe coffee will help… so I stand up to make myself a good cup of coffee.
… Hmmm… coffee is good with cookies. Maybe I should get some, too. Cookies or chips. Yum.

hoping to be inspired...
… Darn, I can’t drink coffee and eat chips while working on the computer. Seriously, He-Man will have a fit.
… I wonder what’s on tv?… Coffee, chips, TV. Perfect.
… I never liked the Bachelor (nor the Bachelorette)… I have watched these Glee episodes two times already… There’s no nice movie… I don’t feel Oprah-ish nor Bauerish… Oh great, there’s TMZ.
… I am getting tired of hearing about Kim K and the rest of the brood. Don’t they have anything more interesting? Isn’t Brad splitting up with Angelina yet?!
… Oh geesh, I need to fix the magazines in my bedroom. They are beginning to pile up and are starting to collect dust. Enough of TMZ.
… I read the magazines and wonder when I will get another article published.
… I rack my brains for a topic to write about.
… and THEN I remember that the computer is on… and my screen is still on “Add New Post” (that is, after I shoo away the bubbles of my screensaver)
… and then I start typing… (until someone buzzes me on ym or Facebook beckons)
That, ladies and gentlemen, happens on normal days.
I need my Muse
And yet there are days when I get so inspired and the words just start forming in my head. It starts with a topic, then words, sentences, paragraphs… it will just flow smoothly until I sort of finish the whole essay. In my head.
Sometimes it happens at night, right before I sleep (the Rejection blog post is an example). I was on my bed, body so tired after an eventful day… and then I thought of the topic… and then sentences started to form… and since I couldn’t turn on the computer anymore to type away my thoughts, I just wished and prayed that I would still remember them in the morning. Thankfully, I did.
Another weird time is when I am in the shower (blog post entitled Things Money Cannot Buy). Again I prayed I won’t forget the words the moment I come out of the bathroom… I think my muse likes spontaneity.
Sometimes we just try so hard… and the more we do, the more difficult writing becomes.
Like today. I really don’t have anything to blog about. Therefore I won’t try so hard.
So, see you all when my muse gets back!

days like today...
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Muse : in Greek Mythology any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science; A guiding spirit, source of inspiration. (Free Online dictionary)
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