"Writing is half inspiration, half perspiration."
Came upon this quote in "Writer with a Day Job" and it got me thinking. Is writing really 50/50 or does it depend on who the writer is?
Most days it seems that writing is more perspiration. I do it day in and day out to earn a few pennies. I don't really get to creative write anymore (hence the book which is about how to squeeze that time in your busy schedule). But even so, is that necessarily true? Is it really all perspiration?
To be a journalist, you have to love what you do and although most of the writing is structured I guess there has to be some inspiration within. And the inspiration doesn't have to be in the writing itself. Inspiration has to go into the topics that you decide to cover. Inspiration goes into the idea. You have to choose something that will inspire others, reach people on some personal level.
So I guess Aine Greaney was right: Writing is half inspiration, half perspiration.
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