“Just wait until inspiration hits.”

Inspiration rarely, if ever, strikes someone out of the blue with no previous effort given. Inspiration comes to the person who is already hard at work.

The brain needs time to rest, and it’s in those moments, you will find inspiration. However, it is the result of work and focus coagulating together with the subconscious mind.

If I waited for the muse to strike before I wrote, there’d be no point in continuing with this site anymore. Nor would there be a point to finishing any works in progress or even starting a new one.

Waiting for the muse is a hopeless cause. It doesn’t visit the person who is idle, nor can it be forced out of its hiding place. It will choose its moments carefully.

The moment comes when the work happens and the ego gets out of the way. And the amusing part is that when it finally strikes, it encourages you to get back to work.

It comes when you rest, but only after you’ve been working.

Don’t expect it at any other time.