Good Morning, Folks! It’s my turn at Story Empire today, and I do hope you’ll check out my post on Inspiration Boards. It’s something I really enjoy doing, and maybe you’d like to give them a try, too. Hope you’ll stop by, and will pass the post along to others, too. THANKS!
Hi again, Everyone! Marcia popping in from the Land of Sunshine. Lately, I’ve been thinking about creativity, specifically, how much of it is inspiration and how much is perspiration–especially as it pertains to those of us who write.
Being a writer is hard work. We devote countless hours to our craft in hopes that the stories we tell will touch the hearts of our readers. Or make them laugh. Or teach them something new. But what is it that stirs us to create a certain character who looks or acts in a specific way? Or urges us to show our readers exactly what autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains looks like? And how do we find the inspiration necessary to start our tales, continue the journey with our characters, and arrive at satisfactory–or possibly even happy–endings for our novels?
Obviously, we are each inspired by many different things, but I’d…
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Great advice, Marcia. Going over to finish.
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Hope you enjoy the post, Robbie! It was a fun one to write this week, but I DO use my Inspiration Board all the time. 🙂
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It is a great idea. With my kids books, I often get an idea for a fondant creature before I write the story. Same sort of thing I guess. Not for my adult writing though. I don’t use visuals for that.
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I think it’s that I consider each and every character part of my family and friends. I have their pictures there because it makes them seem more real to me, and keeps them from becoming static in my mind. They’re my children, in a way, or at least my sisters, brothers, and friends. For me to make them real with words, they have to BE real in my heart, and having them greet me each day does that for me.
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I think that is very cool, Marcia.
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