Had a great writers group meeting yesterday with guest author Sue Woolley, in which we talked about how to ensure your writing had the space and air to breathe. Suggestions such as setting aside specific writing time, ensuring you have a space where there is minimal disruption, and always having a notebook with you to write down ideas. All of which I do. In addition, I have my own little ritual to separate my writing day, which involves making myself a skinny chai, putting on a scarf for warmth during these colder days, and creating a list of the writing-related things I need to do, such as keeping up on my writing magazines or reviewing previous writing.
The inspiration fairy, as Sue called it (I prefer to have an inspiration god who looks amazingly like Tom Hiddleston) can only do so much. But if you set up the time and space and then open your mind to what comes, I find I’m amazed by the result. I wasn’t sure it would be that way, that my characters would live, but they do, and darned if they don’t often wake me in the middle of the night to let me know they’ve got new ideas about what should happen.
How wonderful that I finally get to experience this, and I’m so grateful to have the chance.
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