Ask the Author: K.E. Belledonne
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K.E. Belledonne
I grit my teeth, swear sulfurously at my computer screen, waste a lot of time playing with my hair and doodling.
Then I turn the computer off, and I go get myself outside of my head -- anything to *not* be thinking about what I'm trying to work on. Luckily, I happen to live in a city with a lot of museums. I read books, though I do try to avoid books that are about similar subjects. I listen to a lot of music.
I find that, for me, trying to push through writer's block just doesn't work. My best ideas never come when I'm sitting in front of a blank page and blinking cursor -- they come to me when I'm doing something else. Washing the dishes, to my chagrin, is always a really creative time for me. I let my mind wander while I'm doing my domestic stuff, and I get some really great stuff when I'm in situations where I *can't* write. (This has led to me having little note papers and post-it notes stashed everywhere, so I can at least set down little ideas or lines that will work.)
Then I turn the computer off, and I go get myself outside of my head -- anything to *not* be thinking about what I'm trying to work on. Luckily, I happen to live in a city with a lot of museums. I read books, though I do try to avoid books that are about similar subjects. I listen to a lot of music.
I find that, for me, trying to push through writer's block just doesn't work. My best ideas never come when I'm sitting in front of a blank page and blinking cursor -- they come to me when I'm doing something else. Washing the dishes, to my chagrin, is always a really creative time for me. I let my mind wander while I'm doing my domestic stuff, and I get some really great stuff when I'm in situations where I *can't* write. (This has led to me having little note papers and post-it notes stashed everywhere, so I can at least set down little ideas or lines that will work.)
K.E. Belledonne
Currently, I'm doing the final tweaks on my book, Right Here Waiting, which comes out early next year!
In between times, I'm working on my next book, an as-yet officially-untitled romantic comedy, set in modern times. I can't tell you the working title that I'm using with my publisher, because it'll give away too much. But it's actually saved in my computer as "Neues Museum" because I had the first ideas for one of the characters when I was in the Neues Museum in Berlin.
In between times, I'm working on my next book, an as-yet officially-untitled romantic comedy, set in modern times. I can't tell you the working title that I'm using with my publisher, because it'll give away too much. But it's actually saved in my computer as "Neues Museum" because I had the first ideas for one of the characters when I was in the Neues Museum in Berlin.
K.E. Belledonne
I get my writing inspiration from a bunch of different sources or experiences. I find music very inspiring, and most of my writing as at least one song, if not an entire playlist, that goes along with it. I may or may not actually put together said playlist, though..
It sounds a bit pretentious, but I find inspiration in viewing or being around works of art. I have a stack of photography books and postcards that I've collected that I look through, or I'll go to the museum and look at paintings and sculptures -- and the act of trying to decide *why* the artist/sculptor/photographer did their "thing" they way they did is often a kickstart to my own creative process.
I begin to think *why* do *I* want to do things in a certain way, and get itching to start creating and writing.
It sounds a bit pretentious, but I find inspiration in viewing or being around works of art. I have a stack of photography books and postcards that I've collected that I look through, or I'll go to the museum and look at paintings and sculptures -- and the act of trying to decide *why* the artist/sculptor/photographer did their "thing" they way they did is often a kickstart to my own creative process.
I begin to think *why* do *I* want to do things in a certain way, and get itching to start creating and writing.
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