Inspired

A lot of people have music to write to; you might not actually hear it because you're so involved with your story - and that's a good thing.

One of the most inspirational songs for writers I've yet heard is Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten.

So, if you're wavering a little in your sojourn to write, here are those lyrics:

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh
I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

© N Bedingfield/D Brisebois/W. Rodrigues

Inspiration can be found almost anywhere. Whenever I'm hesitating, I find it in songs like this. It says it all.