Aspiring Authors and more ... discussion

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Writing in a quiet place helps me.

Sometimes if I listen to a type of music that is similar to the type of story I'm writing (aka, love songs if I'm writing a love story, epic instrumental music if I'm writing more of a cool story) that helps.

Yeah I'm writing a story based off the song A Thousand Years so listening to it might not be a bad idea.

real life incidents or news clips help me imagine...and imagination is everything that matters.....

Ruth wrote: "Sometimes if I listen to a type of music that is similar to the type of story I'm writing (aka, love songs if I'm writing a love story, epic instrumental music if I'm writing more of a cool story) ..."

Music definitely helps me. You need to be able to remove yourself from everything else. I believe Stephen King calls it closing the door; when you're writing that's all there is, no distractions. Music helps me do this a lot as it drowns out everything around me.

As a general tip to newer writers, the hardest thing for me was separating my editor from my writer. When you're writing you have to learn to just let it flow without restriction and go back and edit it later. Keep a stack of hats, only wear one at a time.

Well, for me, I usually listen to suspense songs and music. I also listened to soundtracks from my favorite movies.

To describe something you don't have experience of, try using an everyday object that you can experience first hand for inspiration.

Examples:
Describe the sound a boiling kettle makes - stand next to it as you do so - and airplane this description into the sound of blood bubbling in a lung wound.
Get really, really close up to a plant leaf. Use the description of its surface, pigmentation and contours to describe your alien's skin.

Etc, etc

Airplane? That was a weird spellcheck of transplant!

My tip is don't be scared to do something for PC reasons and don't ever take the negative seriously unless it's constructive

My tip is don't be scared to do something for PC reasons and don't ever take the negative seriously unless it's constructive