Goodreads asked Barnabas Piper:

How do you get inspired to write?

Barnabas Piper Inspiration is like any emotion: fickle. It works best when people work to create an environment where it's more likely to show up and stick around for a bit but not run rampant.

For me this comes from writing consistently. Unless one is working one won't often find inspiration. It also comes from reading, listening, and watching. I simply try to soak up thought processes, phrases, images personalities, and experiences. In doing this I find ideas that might be an article or a book. In doing this consistently I also find ways that ideas connect I might otherwise have missed.

flag