“写作难,难于上青天”。学生作文时,有的唉声叹气,有的抓耳挠腮,有的叫苦不迭……仔细一想,学生产生作文恐惧症的主要原因是对写作缺乏兴趣,缺少写作的灵感。那么,什么是灵感,在写作中又如何激发学生的灵感呢?笔者不揣浅陋,谈谈自己对这个问题的看法。灵感是英文inspiration的意译,是指在文艺、科学活动中, “Difficult to write, difficult to heaven.” Student writing, some moan sigh, and some scratching his head, and some complain ... ... think carefully, students produce composition phobia mainly because of lack of interest in writing, lack of inspiration for writing. So, what is inspiration and how can we inspire students’ inspiration in writing? The author does not clumsyly talk about his own views on this issue. Inspiration is a free translation of English inspiration, refers to the literary, scientific activities,