Posted on September 8, 2023 at 9:03 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Inspiration is like love — sometimes hard to find, and often even harder to find once you're actively seeking it.
That said, you can lay the right foundation or adopt the right mindset to encourage ideas to strike.
Here are some thoughts from the publishing blogs we follow that might either strike the creative spark or nurture it into a full-blown flame.
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Where do stories come from?: Author Tracy Fells shares the various situations she either puts herself in or or has found to generate story ideas (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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In defense of loitering: Author Sarah Callender reflects back on the stillness that she often found in her younger days and how to recapture it nowadays, in service of her writing practice (Writer Unboxed).
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Using AI to develop and workshop your characters: Author Laura Picklesimer reports on the benefits and shortcomings of her own experiment with using tech tools for her characters (Writer's Digest).
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Jocks are inspiring too: Author and writing professor Sarahlyn Bruck lists the features of athletics and sports that translate nicely into effective fiction (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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