tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post9140882516159838090..comments2023-10-23T13:37:06.448-07:00Comments on Ripping Ozzie Reads: Feeding the Creative CrucibleRowena Cory Daniellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-83441165880782885042009-09-08T04:59:08.206-07:002009-09-08T04:59:08.206-07:00Go for it, Rita.Go for it, Rita.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-4399052463544794282009-09-08T02:00:39.006-07:002009-09-08T02:00:39.006-07:00Often a phrase I hear in isolation sounds so like ...Often a phrase I hear in isolation sounds so like a story title it just begs for a story to be hung onto it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505483687054513944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-82942645938735522172009-09-03T18:27:45.999-07:002009-09-03T18:27:45.999-07:00LOL, Astrid.
Where would we be without chocolate....LOL, Astrid.<br /><br />Where would we be without chocolate.<br /><br />Music and specifically opera must be distilled emotion. It bypasses all your logical brain centres and goes straight to where you feel.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-44990104617709342622009-09-03T17:56:37.654-07:002009-09-03T17:56:37.654-07:00Also, forgot to add -- chocolate - the greatest br...Also, forgot to add -- chocolate - the greatest brain food! Astrid.Astrid Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803790901547907847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-34337949623642135372009-09-03T17:55:10.160-07:002009-09-03T17:55:10.160-07:00My story ideas come from dreams, from the state be...My story ideas come from dreams, from the state between sleep and awake, when the brain's rhytyms are winding down; also when I'm vacuuming, also when listening to opera -- I never used to until my latest book and one of the characters said he sang opera ... and I heard this piece of music that sent shivers through me. Now, when I listen to opera, I 'see' the scenes and characters - the ones already written and the ones yet to be. I need absolute quiet to write, but creativity comes from any source - even doing the most mundane chores (like cleaning out litter trays) I guess it's the brain's way of coping with the boring - to switch to something more interesting. Cheers. Astrid Cooper.Astrid Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05803790901547907847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-46873070391867848112009-09-03T14:59:45.692-07:002009-09-03T14:59:45.692-07:00Lisa,
That's the best description of how mus...Lisa, <br /><br />That's the best description of how music helps writers write,that I've ever come across.<br /><br />And I get a lot of mood inspiration from dreams, too.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-88351746204331368112009-09-03T07:11:18.401-07:002009-09-03T07:11:18.401-07:00I used to find a lot of ideas in dreams. Lately it...I used to find a lot of ideas in dreams. Lately it's more a conscious decision to address a percieved lack in current trends. But these are only the germinating ideas. What grows from them does not always keep these ideas as the central plot point.<br /><br />Music is a must for me. It's weird, but the music sort of distracts my conscious thoughts and let's my subconscious mind get lost in the story. Otherwise I'd never get anything done for 'thinking' about it. ;)<br /><br />Cheers, Lisa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-68997710888875402632009-09-03T00:36:56.022-07:002009-09-03T00:36:56.022-07:00Tanaudel,
I love your idea of switching from one ...Tanaudel,<br /><br />I love your idea of switching from one source to another unrelated source to trigger ideas.<br /><br />Now that you mention it, this happens to me, too.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-41594567514459223002009-09-03T00:35:45.290-07:002009-09-03T00:35:45.290-07:00Cat, I find visuals prompt ideas, too. Yet most pe...Cat, I find visuals prompt ideas, too. Yet most people seem to be musically inspired.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-10891542146650027402009-09-02T23:02:57.710-07:002009-09-02T23:02:57.710-07:00Abrupt changes in unrelated reading matter work fo...Abrupt changes in unrelated reading matter work for me: I switched from a very unliterary autobiography of a flying nurse to the very literary autobiography of a doctor-turned-author and the sudden recompression has inspired me to write a werewolf-missing-heir-pastiche. Should I have been prepared for this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350876141132999492.post-76884133806663812662009-09-02T22:49:28.648-07:002009-09-02T22:49:28.648-07:00Stuff pops into my head when I least expect it. I ...Stuff pops into my head when I least expect it. I got an entire novel idea a few weeks back simply by glancing up at Thirroul's escarpment after work one afternoon and wondering about the light I could see bleeding up behind the dark rocks.<br /><br />Six grown children living at home... it's a wonder you can hear yourself think!Cat Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755512695247350304noreply@blogger.com