Inspiration Room discussion

If you need to understand your characters better in order to progress with your story, put them in a totally random/pointless situation and see how they react. It may be horrible writing, but understanding your character is a KEY part of writing your story, and this can help!

Also, getting off the topic you're stuck on can help you figure it out subconciously. Staring at a blank page isn't working, so try to write something else.

I also like to throw my characters into songs and then see how they react. I don't write it down (you probably could though), but you really learn a lot about your characters. Does that make sense?

That's a really interesting idea, Lai! *considers* So, like, think of a song from your character's standpoint?

what song, for example?

Yeah. I LOVE music, so I'm almost always listening to it. For instance, let's use the song Somewhere by Within Temptation. Little snip it of the lyrics (not sure if their right)

I'll find you somewhere,
I'll keep on trying
Until my dying day

Cause I just need to know
Whatever has happened
The truth will free my soul

I'd then take a character (usually one or a few come to mind) and see what the scene that they make when it is their's and from their point of view. You could use the same song with a different character and get a completely different emotion and scenario.

That's amazing, Lai! Wonderful idea.

It's really fun!

I think it's great. I can see songs that would definitely help me with that.

hmm. when i read those lyrics, i was immediatly thinking "dawson wouldn't do that." or "yup, sounds like cali."

LOL See? It works!

haha just thinking .. cali would keep searching for dawson till she died. oh, crap .. "the truth will free my soul" ... doesn't that mean like daw's dead? *bites lip* maybe .. maybe we should *cough* move on to another song ... :D

Yes, it's a very good song! =) I see "the truth will free my soul" as that the person needs to find out what happened to the other, whatever it may be. But see, it worked! You were able to see how Cali would react and feel if Dawson died. =)

LOL See it's a really good thought, Elaine.

=D Thanks you, thank you very much! *bow dramatically*

*laughs*

That is WAY cool! Totally awesome! I wanna try that with Tempus/Annie . . .

It's really good, I've tried it with Lucille on The Way I Loved You by Taylor Swift, and it inspired her story.

Awesome!

Yeah, Elaine's a fricking genius!

Excuse my French.

Elaine wrote: "Yeah. I LOVE music, so I'm almost always listening to it. For instance, let's use the song Somewhere by Within Temptation. Little snip it of the lyrics (not sure if their right)

I'll find you..."

haha, i luff within temptation...

I haven't heard it before

mimi told me about it . . .

LOL Mimi's spreading the word!