By Suzannah Freeman

Sometimes visual inspiration is the best kind of inspiration. There’s just something about an interesting photograph that gets those neurons firing and makes us itch to write.

If you’re not already familiar with Flickr, it’s a website where thousands of people share photographs.

Some photographers retain all rights to their work, so you can only view their pictures. Some allow use of their photos under certain conditions (such as not changing the photo in any way, or only using their photos for non-commercial purposes). Some   photographers allow full access to their photos for use elsewhere on the internet, or in commercial copy or books. Many have a mixture of photos available—some with all rights reserved, and some that... More...