Hmmmm inspiration....it's a funny thing...sometimes it's right there in front of you, other times you can't see for looking and sometimes it could present itself in the form of a song, an article you've read or the bloke dashing out of Asda with a huge bunch of roses...who are they for? Where's he going? Are the roses to say sorry? Are they just simply to say I love you and he's running cos he can't bear to be apart from his true love? Is he dashing off cos his beloved is about to get a train and leave his life for good??? Man with flowers is totally unaware these thoughts are running through my mind as he's legging it across Asda car park...but that's inspiration for you, hits you when you last expect it.
I alaways have my trusty pink (I know quelle surprise not purple) notebook in my handbag as I've been known to scribble down ideas on the train, Dentist waiting room (although quite why I'd ever feel inspired in a dentist waiting room is beyond me!!), anywhere really! My notebook is like my bible, it's got everything from Chapter notes to random ideas (like the bloke with the roses) to character names.
Normally my biggest source of inspiration is music, lyrics -particularly stuff by rock groups (although Dexy's Midnight Runners did inspire a part of Love Overboard!!) So when I'm writing properly I've got a set playlist on my PC for writing too (Obv Bon Jovi features heavily on there!!)
Here's my problem today...I'm supposed to be writing a short romantic story and can I think of anything to flippin well write about? I'm jotting ideas down I've got some good tunes on (The Script) and I've come up with nothing, well that's a tiny fib, I have come up with some stuff but it all seems to cliched, I don't want to go down that route. Other sources of inspiraton come from a nice glass of wine (It's 12.30pm on a Wednesday afternoon so that's a no!!) or chocolate (I'm on a diet so that's another no!)
Hey ho, it's back to the blank piece of paper I go!! Any ideas send them on a postcard (Or leave a comment!!!)
I alaways have my trusty pink (I know quelle surprise not purple) notebook in my handbag as I've been known to scribble down ideas on the train, Dentist waiting room (although quite why I'd ever feel inspired in a dentist waiting room is beyond me!!), anywhere really! My notebook is like my bible, it's got everything from Chapter notes to random ideas (like the bloke with the roses) to character names.
Normally my biggest source of inspiration is music, lyrics -particularly stuff by rock groups (although Dexy's Midnight Runners did inspire a part of Love Overboard!!) So when I'm writing properly I've got a set playlist on my PC for writing too (Obv Bon Jovi features heavily on there!!)
Here's my problem today...I'm supposed to be writing a short romantic story and can I think of anything to flippin well write about? I'm jotting ideas down I've got some good tunes on (The Script) and I've come up with nothing, well that's a tiny fib, I have come up with some stuff but it all seems to cliched, I don't want to go down that route. Other sources of inspiraton come from a nice glass of wine (It's 12.30pm on a Wednesday afternoon so that's a no!!) or chocolate (I'm on a diet so that's another no!)
Hey ho, it's back to the blank piece of paper I go!! Any ideas send them on a postcard (Or leave a comment!!!)