inspiration to write – Word Inventions

Cruising the Web for writing wisdom

from https://twitter.com/i/lists/120501776 [Writing Gurus]

https://advicetowriters.com/advice/2013/6/7/do-not-sit-and-mope.html

Seven Methods to Inspire Your Next Book

from Writing Routines

Three of the methods:

Start with one character in one room.
Create the world your story will inhabit.
Make new stories from tired, old pieces.

“Nothing is as close to magic as nature.”

Here are some tips from Writer’s Relief on writing nature poetry.

Read its full discussion here.

I’m thinking this list would work for prose, as well. Come to think of it, much of this applies to writing in general. But hey, that’s just me probably overthinking…

Avoid the expected.
Be prepared.
Personify with awareness.
Don’t ignore the effects of human involvement.
Be aware of your message.

Fellow writers…don’t do what I did.

Get your writing done first because it’s not easy to crank up the momentum and confidence needed to fill your pages.
After breakfast, I launched into decluttering…even before shaving and cleaning up. Not only did I feel grungy [counterproductive in its own right]

A. I wasn’t writing.
B. I was wasting that precious morning buzz [i.e. creative energy] on sifting through and boxing ‘stuff’.
C. I didn’t crank out that initial ‘first 100 words’ on paper, a practice I started when I homed in on mindfully ‘showing up’ to my creative projects.
D. I was getting annoyed by A. and B and C.

Luckily, choosing to reconnect with a former student and a former teaching colleague, I did get my keyboarding fingers moving and real words [with value, even!] danced across the screen. AND I’ve even resisted the urge to turn on the AFC Championship game. AND I’ve chosen to not answer a text message till today’s words are done. [Thank you, thank you. You can stop rolling your eyes now.]

So, I guess the lesson for today is: Don’t give up hope. You can rise above all kinds of obstacles, even the self-imposed ones, and move forward with your projects.

NOTE: If your word processor offers the ‘Focus’ feature that displays just your text–no distracting menus, programs running in the background–give it a try.