"And…strike!"
You hold your hands up to the ceiling, but no inspiration comes raining down.
You sit back on your mattress, which feels less supportive than normal since Brute, still in high dudgeon about the lack of nuts, is eating the straw from it in protest.
You've made some progress on other work for the Bardbrood, but you feel a new sense of urgency about the response to the Jesterel outrage. You need to create something pithy and potent; a work that will stop Gwendell in her slinking tracks. But how does one cajole inspiration into appearing if 'tis not forthcoming?