Darla’s Writer Wednesday – Inspiration
Dear friend and gifted writer Nicole Gordon once gifted me an inspirational book. It’s called “Rip the Page! Adventures in Creative Writing” and offers all sorts of open-ended writing experiments, encouragement from writers and poets, and enough blank pages to let your words roam.
That’s taken from the cover, by the way, and fittingly descriptive. Karen Benke and company clearly wish to instill a love of words in children, a worthy endeavor, while also entertaining this adult with some very clever suggestions.
One involves quirky phrases which Ms. Benke suggests we cut apart and put into a little container. Then, when a writer wants something to get creative juices flowing, he or she simply pulls out a slip.
So that’s what I did today. My phrase ended up being “It’s like a slow collapse of words”. That curious imagery resulted in a bittersweet ficlet to be posted on my Darla M. Sands blog.
What inspires you? I’d enjoy reading your suggestions in the comments.
Whatever fires your creativity, I hope you build a bonfire. Happy writing!
Music. Damian Ashelocke (see \’D for Damian\’ at inspirationcauldron.wordpress.com) was born from the waves of Depeche Mode music. Rhodry came alive, as did the princesses from #Fairest, as I listened to Amethystium. Yes played in my mind, as Leiwell (see L is for Leiwell at inspirationcauldron.blogspot.com) made his tormented journey across my imagination. Almost every character I\’ve ever created was born from a song, or a musical note.
Awesome! I can relate, too, as Depeche Mode music helps inform a character of mine. ~grin~ Happy writing, my dear. Thank you for the wonderful comment.