Neil Gaiman is the author of books like A Walking Tour of the Shambles, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Graveyard Book, American Gods, Coraline, and many more. He has inspired many writers with his books and he has been amusing from elders to children with his stories.
“You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.” – Neil Gaiman
Writing Inspiration For Writers and Bloggers
We bloggers need to write a lot for our audience and search engines but most of the time we don’t feel motivated to write a single word. Writing articles is a really important task for bloggers, in the age of content marketing we want quality articles to be promoted on social media.
We writers feel daunted when we see a blank screen but we have to overcome this. We all have our own ways to get started with writing but how do successful writers get started with writing and how do they feel motivated every time they write?
Writing is really easy but sometimes we try to be an award-winning author and want to be perfect.
I feel demotivated, I am afraid of making mistakes, I procrastinate and I just don’t know how to get writing inspiration.
While searching for writing inspiration I stopped by Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech Video which is inspiring for artists and writers. His video, books, and quotes will inspire you to “Make Good Art”
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012
Who Is Neil
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and the novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Source – Wikipedia
Neil Gaiman Quotes
“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”
― Neil Gaiman
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it’s done. It’s that easy, and that hard.”
― Neil Gaiman
Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.
― Neil Gaiman
“Why stop dreaming when you wake up?”
― Neil Gaiman
“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman
“Fairytales are more than true: Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”
― Neil Gaiman
“Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people.”
― Neil Gaiman
“Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t.”
― Neil Gaiman
“You’re always you, and that doesn’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
― Neil Gaiman
The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.
― Neil Gaiman
“As far as I’m concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning. ”
― Neil Gaiman
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on good writing days nothing else matters.
― Neil Gaiman
“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Neil Gaiman
Which Neil Gaiman Quote is your favorite? Which one motivated you to write your next blog?
How did you feel when you watched Neil Gaiman’s Inspiring Commencement Speech?
Let me know in the comment section.