Kate Hasbrouck
This is always a fun topic for me!
The best way I get inspired is to sit outside and see a beautiful landscape. Yep, it's that easy! I see a mountain range that is just breath taking, and all it does it get my "writer's brain itching," I call it. Or I see a forest of spectacular trees with the sunlight pouring through the branches just right so everything seems to glow. Or even a vast ocean, with waves rolling and tossing because of a storm.
God's creation really gets my attention, and really gets my creative juices flowing!
Other ways that I really find help me if I am stuck at my desk and can't go out and explore the world is to listen to music. But not music with words - it has to be instrumental music, usually movie soundtracks or piano (that is partially where Eli's love of piano music was born). A great artist is Ludovico Einaudi - a friend introduced me to his music several years ago (thank you Shelly!) and I have been madly in love with the music ever since. I even used a piece of his at my wedding!
And another great way to get inspired is to go to a place where there are a lot of people talking and it wouldn't be hard to overhear some conversations. I tell this to a lot of writers who ask me; don't intrude or eavesdrop, but listen to the general murmur of the groups. You will probably catch a few pieces of dialogue here and there. Write them down. ALWAYS write ideas down. You WILL lose them otherwise (been there and done that too many times!). And pick one that seems interesting and start from there! It doesn't have to turn into a finished manuscript, but it is a good exercise and maybe a good place to start!
The best way I get inspired is to sit outside and see a beautiful landscape. Yep, it's that easy! I see a mountain range that is just breath taking, and all it does it get my "writer's brain itching," I call it. Or I see a forest of spectacular trees with the sunlight pouring through the branches just right so everything seems to glow. Or even a vast ocean, with waves rolling and tossing because of a storm.
God's creation really gets my attention, and really gets my creative juices flowing!
Other ways that I really find help me if I am stuck at my desk and can't go out and explore the world is to listen to music. But not music with words - it has to be instrumental music, usually movie soundtracks or piano (that is partially where Eli's love of piano music was born). A great artist is Ludovico Einaudi - a friend introduced me to his music several years ago (thank you Shelly!) and I have been madly in love with the music ever since. I even used a piece of his at my wedding!
And another great way to get inspired is to go to a place where there are a lot of people talking and it wouldn't be hard to overhear some conversations. I tell this to a lot of writers who ask me; don't intrude or eavesdrop, but listen to the general murmur of the groups. You will probably catch a few pieces of dialogue here and there. Write them down. ALWAYS write ideas down. You WILL lose them otherwise (been there and done that too many times!). And pick one that seems interesting and start from there! It doesn't have to turn into a finished manuscript, but it is a good exercise and maybe a good place to start!
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