Discovering Inspiration for Fiction or Non-Fiction
Posted under: I love looking at a web design portfolio. When a graphic designer creates his piece of art and publishes it for the world to see, I know when he or she is at her best. Dare I say that it inspires me to pay attention to my own craft. Whether it is a simple blog post or writing a novel, there is nothing more inspiring to seek out the genre I love most (Sci-fi) and cling to every word, deconstruct, and apply the techniques to my own writing.
Inspiration can come at every turn. The feeling inside after embracing your child. The anger or frustration you feel when, as Steinbeck says, the best laid plans go awry. A piece of literature or pulp fiction might be your inspiration. Or a piece of art–whether it is a web site or the Mona Lisa.
I seek out Web sites that satisfy my desire to achieve and become the best. Often, these are tied to futuristic Web sites. My other sources might come from magazines like Wired or even non-fiction books like The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero.
Describe your sources of inspiration. What makes your clock tick? What creates an innate desire to wake up an hour earlier to write before heading off to work? There are a lot of things that can feed our inspiration and get out of what Seth Godin calls, “the dip,” that moment when you feel like you’ve hit the wall and can’t go any further. What’s yours?
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