The ideas for our work come to us in many different ways. Sometimes, they come to us in a dream. Others, we're inspired by something we've seen, read, or heard in the outside world. It may be something we've been meaning to write for our whole lives, or we might've had to sit at a desk for days on end trying to cobble together a concept.

Regardless of how it happens, when we find something we want to write about, we know. The moment we entertain the idea of turning that one little spark into an explosion big enough to create an entire universe, there's a wonderful spike of serotonin. We want to drop whatever we're doing and get to work immediately.

But as transcendent as this moment is, we're still perfectly capable of convincing ourselves that we shouldn't follow through with it. We can get tripped up by self-doubt, fear of rejection, or a false sense of being alone in our proclivities. Even if we manage to stave them off in the beginning, they can resurface whenever the writing gets tough.

It's times like these we need to remember that spark. However distant it may seem, it will always be there to guide you!