tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6350181806469950128..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Seeking Inspiration. Ann EvansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15377468403993934792013-08-13T10:43:24.971+01:002013-08-13T10:43:24.971+01:00Great quotes, Ann!Great quotes, Ann!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20522133170893947642013-08-12T10:45:55.953+01:002013-08-12T10:45:55.953+01:00I often quote that famous saying of Albert Einstei...I often quote that famous saying of Albert Einstein's 'Imagination is more important than knowledge for knowledge is limited but imagination embraces the whole world.' So use your imagination to use new worlds, dramatic scenarios, let the story lead then research the facts.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716058361689251073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24581559682617721642013-08-12T10:12:46.491+01:002013-08-12T10:12:46.491+01:00Thanks for this, Ann. There's another good po...Thanks for this, Ann. There's another good post on this very subject over on Girls Heart Books today, by Sophia Bennett. Well worth a look: http://girlsheartbooks.com/2013/08/12/writers-block/Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45364348650343339492013-08-12T09:12:46.019+01:002013-08-12T09:12:46.019+01:00It's been said on here before that inspiration...It's been said on here before that inspiration is a meeting of two ideas. That's certainly what happened when I wondered why Dolphin sounds so much like doleful, and yet they seem to have so much fun. http://s1.zetaboards.com/By_Design/topic/705853/1/?x=90#new (the strange mis-spelling there is correct in context.) That sort of inspiration does seem to need time to stew. I thought that one was quick, but it seems to have been four months.<br /><br />On the other hand my latest short story was a very workmanlike project to explore the background of my novel-in-progress. I needed to show fairy-land. It seemed a good idea to have a child stolen by the fairies. Those are generally babies, but the youngest child in who's POV I thought I could write was 3-4. I wrote the beginning, then the end, and then I filled in the middle bits to prove the end.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.com