1. Where do you get your story ideas? What's the most common set of circumstances that lead you to that big light bulb?
2. Do you have a "writing notebook" where you jot down notes, sample dialogue or vignettes?
3. If you have multiple story ideas, do you work on them at the same time, or a fgew at a time? Or do you focus on one and one alone?
4. How many people do you give first dibs at a reading? Or do you trust your instincts and forward it immediately to your editor?
Thanks!
OK, it’s not as snappy as ‘New Year, New You’, but we all know those grand
commitments to massive ‘to do’ lists don’t work anyway, don’t we?
So let’s try...
1 day ago
3 comments:
answer to #1: I usually get my story ideas from conversations I have with a friend. Even just an SMS conversation.
answer to #2: I do have a writing notebook! It's my scratch pad...whenever an idea comes to mind, I have to write it down immediately because I easily forget these things. Yup, even short sentences or phrases, dialogues, striking endings, etc.
answer to #3: I write down all the ideas I have, even for different stories. Then I work on them, one at a time. If I get tired on one story, I take a break then look at the next story to see if I could work on it instead.
answer to #4: I don't usually let others read my work for critique on structure, grammar, etc. I just usually ask if the idea is feasible. Then I forward it to an editor.
1) Chiefly from my emotions. I draw strength from anger, though when it appears in the work the emotion depicted is far from it. Because I live in a Third World country, I do pick up some of the most interesting topics which might not be effectively written about in a First World country. For example, little girls peddling flower garlands in the midst of the storm, at midnight, and in the middle of a busy avenue are just one of those topics.
2) Yep, one of those cheap steno notebooks. Though I'm dreaming of having a moleskine in the near future ;)
3) I'm not exactly a focused person, so I tend to chip away at many ideas the round-robin way. Though of course sudden rushes of emotion and inspiration lead to a single piece being finished in no time.
4) One person -- my bestfriend, who's also the daughter of an esteemed English prof in the state university. She's the only one I trust, hehe.
No problem, Authorian Legend. Good luck to all of us!
Heyyy, Tess, Corsarius... Thanks for taking the time to answer. And GOOD LUCK TO US!! :-)
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