Favorite Inspiring Things of the Week… Some of what I’ve loved… am loving… and recommend for your consideration: I’m still reading the Ava Lee series by Ian Hamilton — I’m on Book 9 now, The Couturier...
If you want to move forward with your work, but are just swirling around unproductive eddies, try paddling in a different direction. Try a little twisted technology, by writer and story coach, Catharine Bramkamp.
I am the ghost of a thought, a shadow seen from the corner of your eye. Between One Thought and Another: A Writer’s Muse by Amber Lea Starfire
What causes fresh inspiration to strike? Lots of things, but here are some activities that may help you hit “refresh” from writer and artist Nevada McPherson.
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by Beth Barany · Published April 10, 2018 · Last modified May 8, 2018
The last day of classes before spring break I wanted to send my creative writing class off to enjoy the time away from school with a burst of creative inspiration for the next project.
by Beth Barany · Published March 21, 2018 · Last modified September 9, 2018
Hi Creative Writers, Here are 10 ways to inspire your fiction, when you’re stuck or when you want to start a writing day. In no particular order: Listen to music on shuffle (I used...
This month we listed our medium size house for sale and I moved to our smaller house (a second house that earned its way to first house). The real estate agent recommend that not one, not two, but all the bookcases in the “big” house be moved so as to make all the rooms look larger.
I’ve written a few times about what inspires me and asked what inspires you in your writing. One thing I keep coming back to are places that inspire my stories and characters.
In my early years of writing I believe that in order to be successful, I needed to follow the paths of more successful writers. Did my mentor meditate? I’ll mediate, it will make my work better. Did my mentor move to Taos? I’ll move to Taos, it will help me be more inspired and creative. Did my mentor write for ten minutes straight? I’ll write for ten minutes straight.
When you sit down to create a novel, graphic novel, screenplay, or any other piece of writing, chances are you have a purpose in mind—an idea to get across, or just characters and a story to share with the world.
Each chapter will be an essay by a different author on what they’ve learned through inspiration to write fiction, through applying the universal truths of their lives to fiction, and other gnosis learned through the process of writing. Wherever this wisdom comes from, it all qualifies as long as it occurred in the author’s mind due to writing fiction.
Are you trying to edit one novel while writing another? This is what many writers find themselves having to do. Maybe you recently finished a novel, during NaNo perhaps. Or you wrote one awhile back and shelved it. Regardless, unless you edit that manuscript several times over it won’t be ready for prime time.
In January I started a new series project. This time I did it right. During my writing career I’ve morphed from a complete pantser (one who dives in with no set plan) to an assisted pantser (one who must have significant sign posts to complete the story journey safely). With my first series, The Kyn Kronicles,
I’m not a fan of Sara Gilbert per se, but she delivered a great TED talk on the Muse. And based on that talk she has just published a book on creativity called Big Magic
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