Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.~~ Emily Dickinson
Inspiration comes in many forms: an event, a song, a movie, a book.
Now, I've seen that painting every day for three years, but maybe because of a recent experience or some forgotten dream my imagination regurgitated, out came a perfectly wonderful little start to something. I'm not sure yet if it's full length novel material or just a flash fiction piece but we'll see where it goes.
I collapsed onto my bed a bit later than usual and smiled. Writing is fun. Painful and frustrating a lot of the the time, but tonight, most definitely fun.
So what strange things have inspired your writing?
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Wonderful post! This happened to me recently. After not working on my novel for almost 4 months, I sat in church one day and knew what had to happen for the MC's story to make sense. It was awesome. It came as clear as anything. I worked furiously on it for a week straight, making up for all that lost time, and now it is done. More importantly, for the first time since I started it I LIKE it, because of that one little thing that made it all come together.
It's such a rush, isn't it? Thanks for stopping by, Karen!
It is amazing what inspires us. I wrote a short story yesterday because of what the kids at school did to another sub this week.
What a beautiful picure - food is inspiring me right now!
I was inspired by the lights in the city as we drove through at night.
I love those strange moments of inspiration! I got a story idea yesterday staring at the candy for sale at a movie theater. The idea has nothing to do with candy or the movies, so it was especially odd, but whatever :) Good luck with your new idea!
AWESOME!! Good luck.
I get visions sometimes that just never pan out for me past the beginning. But hopefully someday I'll go back to one of the dozen-or-so ideas that didn't go past page 30 and make a bestseller out of it!
erica
I get a lot of ideas in the bathroom too, even though I don't have any paintings hanging up.
Ooh! I just love it when inspiration hits me out of nowhere.
Lightning-strike inspiration is such a fun and refreshing thing :D
J.L., I hope the sub survived!
Margo, food always inspires me.
G.E., sounds beautiful.
Meredith, thanks.
Erica, you should definitely revisit those ideas. You never know, ya know?
RM, the shower has always been a good place for ideas.
Emily, from one shy girl to another, I hope you have a wonderful time at the conference and tell us all about it.
Steph, it is indeed.
Not sure if there is anything that inspires me other than I love to be alive and wake up ready to write. Its a gift I guess. I live to write, therefor I am. I think.
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