Where do you find inspiration? Being inspired can come from events, people, or from within based on our values and how we are raised. Today I was working on my novel which is taken from a screenplay I completed some months ago and received a phone call from a friend. In asking me what I was doing I explained I was in a writing mood and working on a novel. He replied, "You're the busiest person I know and are always working on something. What inspires you to do all the things you?" "Well," I said, I don't like to be idle and have a passion for what I do." After all, writing a novel isn't one of those things most people would say they are doing on a Monday afternoon. Those of you that know me understand my passion for writing, and today I was "inspired" to write.
Inspiration I believe comes from our values, in addition to events and others we come in contact with. My hard work ethic I get from my Dad, and my values from my Mom. I also get inspiration from the belief if we can't find opportunity in your life, find it! You see being inspired to me is being creative in addition to sharing information. When I write about business or property management, it is to share my knowledge and experiences to inspire others to exceed and excel. When I write for fun, it is to inspire others to ask questions and see you must sometimes seek inspiration to enjoy it. Today, I am writing for me, and that gives me so much pleasure internally. When he asked what I was writing about I told him it is a novel about a magician. This magician (ok some of you know I have some knowledge in this area), also happens to have another secret. He is an agent for a secret government organization called M.A.G.I.C. The acronym is Military Assisted Global Intelligence Command, and is known only to the President of the United States and a few military personnel at the Pentagon and in his administration. This magician and his specialized team use magic and illusion to prevent terrorist plots and any global or international crisis that comes up. The first screenplay is written and has been reviewed by Warner Brothers, and I have already started the sequel as well as turning the first movie into book form.
So what inspired me to write? One day this idea just popped in my head after watching Fox News and information related to a terrorist plot. Within an hour I had an outline, a synopsis, and knew exactly what was going to happen and how it was going to happen. I just needed the time to write it, which took about three months. I know magic and illusion, have work in an intelligence billet in the military, and have a mind that sometimes might be a little "out there." Putting this in book form is turning out to be a little harder than I thought. Thank God I have a good editor and proof reader.
Find inspiration in what ever you do, but find it. Being inspired might be tackling a black diamond trail on a ski slope. It might be learning to fly an airplane. Or, in my case it is writing. No matter what, all you have to do is look for it and inspiration can find you.
