Jule Styne, a famous songwriter said, ‘Inspiration is for amateurs’. Words that word probably cause uproar in a creative writing class. What he meant was that inspiration alone is useless if you do not know your craft.
I believe that knowing your craft prevents writers block. I strongly believe that the major cause of writers block is due to lack of planning, not a lack of creativity.
So? How would anyone get to know their craft if they were not inspired to write something (as best they can) in the first place?
David