But I'm doing word wars, so might as well catch up on posts!
This post is about inspiration for writing, because sometimes things become a blur, or get boring, or just seem pointless. It's important to keep things interesting. I mean, seriously, if you are bored, you may just bore your reader to death, or at best put them to sleep, at least then you'd be curing their insomnia.
I found inspiration for my book by looking up pictures I found on the internet of actual places, or imagined places.
Such as a map of New Zealand, a house with a long grassy road, mountains, and things like that. Maybe things like that can inspire you as well. Just don't get caught up in searching for pictures or videos, or music, to the point of wasting all your time. But it's nice to have those pictures, so that you can have a more vivid imagination of your story, or to keep continuity. Suddenly changing the color of your main characters front door could be an awkward blooper. (hey, but if you do have a blooper, leave it there! You can edit in December.)
If you're a Visual person, looking at the pictures or going to places will help you to be inspired.
If you are a Kinesthetic type, then snuggling up in a blanket, sipping hot tea, curled up around your computer, and dreaming about your novel will be inspiring to you. (oh great…now I want tea…)
If you are Auditory, maybe listening to sounds associated with your novel would be an aid. Such as tracks that have the sounds of forests, thunderstorms, waves, busy streets, etc. Hearing the things that your characters hear may impact your thoughts and thus strengthen how you write.
If you are Auditory Digital (like me), then try any or all of the above, plus research facts about your novel. What model cars would there be? How much does your main character's coffee cost? Asking specific questions like that, may help you to be inspired and know more about your character's world, so that you might be more accurate.
Finding the things that inspire you, may take time, so take it. Savor those things, dwell on them for a while. By soaking in the information and thoughts and sights and sounds, you will create a more vivid and real world in your work. Enjoy your inspiration, enjoy the creativity that you write.
This Psalm always inspires me because of how creative God is, and how much science He has placed in Scripture. I hope you enjoy this Psalm, maybe it can help you today. :-)
Psalm 104
"Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
covering yourself with light as with a garment,
stretching out the heavens like a tent.
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
he rides on the wings of the wind;
he makes his messengers winds,
his ministers a flaming fire.
He set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
At your rebuke they fled;
at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
to the place that you appointed for them.
You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.
You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills;
they give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
they sing among the branches.
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth
and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
He made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.
You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
When the sun rises, they steal away
and lie down in their dens.
Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.
O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
These all look to you,
to give them their food in due season.
When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works,
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.
Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Praise the LORD!"
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