Inspiration

As I was reading through the quotes from Don Murray's book, I came across I really believe to be true. "Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it" by Madeline L'Engle.  This is so true!  Often I find myself thinking before I sit down to work on a paper coming up with nothing.  But when I get started it just all begins to come to me.  She says it perfectly in her quote that you must begin the work to get the inspiration.  It's helpful to remind myself of this every time I am starting a paper.  I can't just sit around expecting something to come to mind.  I need to begin and then it will all slowly come to me in my writing.