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How are authors inspired?

How are authors inspired?

Paying attention to how people speak will develop how you write dialogue but listening to the words might inspire you. People watch, listen to others, pay attention to the world and be inspired. You will not find story ideas in an inspiration store. But you can train your mind into finding ideas everywhere.

Who is the most inspirational author?

BBC list of 100 “most inspiring” novels

Title Author First published
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 1963
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy 1997
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958
White Teeth Zadie Smith 2000

Who are some inspirational authors?

Fifty of the Most Inspiring Authors in the World

  • Chinua Achebe. The best-selling Nigerian novelist sets universal tales of personal and moral struggle in the context of the tragic drama of colonization.
  • André Aciman.
  • Uwem Akpan.
  • Elizabeth Alexander.
  • Aharon Appelfeld.
  • John Ashbery.
  • Alison Bechdel.
  • T. C. Boyle.
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What are 3 famous authors?

The Top Ten Famous Authors

  1. William Shakespeare. Ah, The Bard.
  2. George Orwell. True, Orwell (whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair) isn’t everyone’s taste, especially those who do not share his views on totalitarianism.
  3. J.K. Rowling. Like her or not, Ms.
  4. Kurt Vonnegut.
  5. Virginia Woolf.
  6. Ernest Hemingway.
  7. William Faulkner.
  8. Ayn Rand.

What book should I read for inspiration?

Here’re the 11 books I recommend you reading too to get inspired.

  • Awaken The Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins.
  • Screw It Lets Do It: Lessons in Life, by Richard Branson.
  • The Art of Happiness, by Dalai Lama.
  • The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz.
  • The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J Schwartz.

Who is most famous author?

List

Author Min. estimated sales Number of books
William Shakespeare 2 billion 42
Agatha Christie 2 billion 85
Barbara Cartland 500 million 723
Danielle Steel 500 million 179