Creating Content from Inspiration

Finding inspiration is essential to creating consistent content. Inspiration hides around corners. It resides under every nook and cranny. There seems to be no limit to the amount of inspiration you can discover when you are looking to find inspiration. There is an entire box of inspirational ideas in a box next to my desk.

The problem most writers face is taking inspiration and turning it into an article, book or other publication. The idea gets recorded but then stagnates in a box or file until the path of that idea is lost forever.

Finding inspiration is the first step. After inspiration is discovered it must be recorded in a way that will inspire the words to flow when the time comes.

4 Tips to go From Inspiration to Inspiring Content

• There have been many great lines spilled out in the elevator, Sunday school class or mom’s group. Each thought or idea offers great possibilities for a full length article or other content. Writing down the one line may not be enough to jog the memory for that full length article (and writing it in class is just rude). Make a few notes that can get the words pouring out when you are in a position to sit down and pen the article.

• Write down the potential title of the content and include around five points that relate to the title. These points can be expanded on as you create the content and will help to drive the words forward.

• Jot down a few questions that pop into your mind about the subject or the idea that is inspiring you at the moment. You can use these questions to do some further research and use that research to create your content.

• Be prepared. The Boy Scouts are not the only ones that need to be prepared for any moment. Carry notebooks and pencils around with you everywhere that you go. Have a notebook in every room of your house (with a pencil or pen attached). Keep a notebook and pencil in the car. When inspiration peeks out from its hiding place you will be in a position to capture enough of that inspiration to create content from the moment.

Finding inspiration is often the driving ambition of the writer. Unfortunately, it can become a distraction when all that the writer has is inspiration. Great content has to be molded and worked out of the moments of inspiration. One word or phrase may seem like enough to spark inspiration down the road, but often the thought or path is lost before the words can be recorded. Create great content by leaving enough bread crumbs from your experience with inspiration that you can find your way to the idea or story that inspiration first ignited.

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Kathryn Lang is a freelance writer in Alabama. Her work has been published in regional papers, travel magazines and national religous publications along with multiple websites. She has been writing for pleasure since she was able to write and writing as a career for the last several years.

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