What Are Your Creative Writing Inspiration Sources

by jwordsmith on March 11, 2010

inspiring works by other authors

There are books that I enjoy and there are books that I love.
When I want to do some creative writing I tend to dip into a piece by one of my favourite authors (sometimes that can be a TV show or a movie) to get that fix, before I start.

My “Get Jazzed About Writing” superstars are…

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