Writer Problems #4: Inspiration

Writers rarely seem to choose when inspiration hits. It just walks in and will gladly leave. You have to seize it when it comes.
This is why, during our first year of university, our creative writing tutor urged us to keep a book and pen on us at all times.
This way, should inspiration hit, we were prepared to capture it. Unfortunately my inspiration always seems to hit at night time once I've crawled into bed and turned out the light. Five minutes later the greatest ideas hit and I have to apologise to my partner, turn the light on and pick up the pad and pencil that always sits at my bedside.
Thankfully this morning my brain decided to wake me with inspiration in the form of a dream so I started the day writing.

When are YOU most inspired?
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Anne Rice started most recent book series "on a whim"

The Phoenix New Times has an article about Anne Rice, and it states that she began her current werewolf series on a whim. Rice, who is most famous for her vampire chronicles, is celebrating the pending release of The Wolves of Midwinter, the sequel to her first wolf novel called The Wolf Gift.
Both her Vampire Chronicles and her Wolf Gift series deal with the idea of remaining human despite becoming a preternatural being.

Do you start writing on a whim or do you put lots of ideas together over time before writing?
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