I have an idea …
What
Let’s learn more and more about writing. Let’s practice it
every day as much as we can. Let’s learn from others, from those we know and from those
who know more than we and from the masters.
Who
Let’s master setting like Edgar Allen Poe.
Let’s master dialog like Shakespeare.
Let’s master narrative like Orwell.
Let’s master character like Rowling.
Why
All writing is ideas. Copywriters write ideas by contract,
other people’s ideas. Novelists write ideas in a framework of plot. How-To
writers place ideas in a step-by-step stairway. Essayists take their ideas and
find reasons for them to exist. Poetry writers take their ideas and write them
in a different language of color and style.
Where
Ideas come from everywhere: nature, people, places, along
the road, at McDonald’s, in a path through the woods, in a conversation, during
a church service, from a dream, in the shower, from children playing, in the
middle of the night, from books, from other ideas.
I have notebooks full of ideas for everything from stories
to articles, from poems to epic novels. Some of the ideas are over 25 years
old. I’m sure I’ll be able to use them someday …
Here are some books I have used to get ideas when the
pressure is on to produce words (National Novel Writing Month) or just to wake
up my brain:
How
Writer’s Digest 365 writing prompts
When
Hopefully this post has given you some ideas.
Don’t forget to write!
Now!
Idea – 10-11-22 – 31 Days of Writing about Writing
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