It’s funny how simply making the decision to get back into fiction writing has switched my subconscious into creative mode and today inspiration has been lurking everywhere for me.
I had a hospital appointment this morning which involved a brisk walk, followed by lots of waiting around with a book I was not very interested in and a brisk walk back. It could have felt like a complete waste of several hours, but it gave me lots of time to people watch and mull plots and ideas over. I was warned that my new medication might cause nightmares and my first reaction was “great, more inspiration for book plots!” Hmm, maybe I’d better not try any children’s fiction for a while.
Time to write was limited, I was only able to snatch a few minutes here and there in between needing to be somewhere else. Still managed to get my 500 words done and quickly – I seem to be far more productive when time is in short supply, if I have a whole day I spend most of it looking out the window.
Dinner was a risotto which meant that I was stuck by the hob with only an ipod and Amanda Palmer’s album for company. Second song in I suddenly knew the theme how my current work in progress ends AND its overall theme. Thank you Amanda. Fortunately, I did manage to remember it until I could escape without burning the dinner.
So there you go. My secret to creativity: make sure you have absolutely no time to write and have lots of tedious time with nothing else to do but think.
(for at least as long as it lasts)
4 responses so far ↓
1 Ian // 24th Feb 2009 at 12:53 pm
Ever thought about writing in blog form?
Write a first person narrative in (almost) real time as the character’s blog?
Strikes me that wouldn’t need to polish either because the form demands a more relaxed voice, and would be quite interesting to get the comments of readers as you go too :)
Just an idea.
2 Pewari // 24th Feb 2009 at 12:56 pm
But I already write a blog… writing another one in someone else’s voice would feel decidedly… odd :)
It’s a good short story concept though and have seen similar done well.
3 Ys // 24th Feb 2009 at 3:08 pm
Yay! I’m so glad the writing is going well :)
Ahh yeh, inspiration hits when you least expect it. Often with me at the most inappropriate times ;) Keep on enjoying it – when you’re about halfway through it’ll stop being so easy ;) But don’t worry cos then you start getting to the end and that part is really fun again :)
4 Sylvia // 24th Feb 2009 at 7:04 pm
Strikes me that wouldn’t need to polish either because the form demands a more relaxed voice, and would be quite interesting to get the comments of readers as you go too :)
Um, it takes a lot of polishing to achieve a relaxed voice!
Writing a blog as a character would be interesting but it would be a LOT of work. Not only writing interesting posts with a casual tone, but in someone else’s voice? Tough one!
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