Inspiration for Writers
Randy Pausch, the ultimate inspirer, inspires me too
And before you say it, yes, inspirer is apparently a real word (I wasn’t sure). If you’re the 0.0001% of people who haven’t been following the story of US lecturer Randy Pausch, then give yourself a gift by watching his famous Last Lecture on YouTube. It’s all about making the most of life, achieving your [...]
Melbourne mind meltdown
I was looking forward to exploring Melbourne last week to refresh my mind with a few new sights and sounds. And my Melbourne trip definitely had this effect, but surprisingly almost a little too much. I can’t imagine now how my brain used to survive when I was travelling for months at a time through [...]
Creativity is written in the stars
My horoscope looks good this week. Now, I usually only glance at a horoscope page as an example of creative fiction, but when it’s good, I’m happy to believe it. Some astrologer in a local paper is predicting me a four-star week and in particular, a good week for a fiction writer:
Classy Venus moves into [...]
I’m planning to get creatively divergent soon …
About a fortnight ago I wrote about doing some creativity cross-training to help my fiction writing - that is, doing some form of creative activity that I don’t usually do with the idea that it could help expand my creative thinking in general, and therefore, hopefully improve my writing too.
The main feedback I got was [...]
A change of scenery: Melbourne beckons
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a bit of a holiday, and since I was accustomed to jetting off all over Asia or Europe or even further afield while I was living abroad, my soul’s taken a bit of a battering. Which is why I’m pretty excited to be spending a week in [...]
Meme me: 6 things about me and my writing
The always-interesting Guera (current location: Mexico) tagged me for the 6 Things Meme which I thought I could turn into a bit more background about me with a heavy fiction writing slant. (No, that doesn’t mean I’m going to just make stuff up, although that does sound like an attractive thought.)
Before I start, the rules, [...]
Creativity tips: Cross-training
I think I’ve said before that I’ve never had a problem with writers’ block, just a problem with sitting down and actually writing. So I nearly didn’t read a recent post at Tina Su’s Think Simple Now when it came through on my blog reader, despite it being titled “Connect With Your Creative Writer”, because [...]
Writing and book shows: Podcasts are keeping me inspired
Although it sometimes feels like it, I don’t actually spend 24 hours a day glued to my chair, gazing helplessly into my computer monitor in the hope that the random keys one of my cats steps on will become the story I desperately want to write. Between commuting to my teaching job and getting out [...]
Fiction writer’s over-inspiration … a good problem to have
A recent post about why writers should read on FWJ wasn’t news to me - I’ve always presumed that all good writers must also be good readers. But I had an unusual experience last week, which put me off my regular evening reading session for a couple of days.
I’m an avid reader. I read on [...]
Inspiration from other arts …
My fiction writing has been a bit stalled in the last couple of weeks while other parts of life took over, but I’m finally starting to get those fingers back to the keyboard.
A trick I’ve used in the past, but had forgotten, is getting inspiration - and more importantly, motivation - from other art forms, [...]