Getting inspiration from literature Literature sometimes feels like medicine writing. You know you should read it. But sometimes it just feels like cod liver oil in book form. Literature What is it about literature? From the classic to the lowbrow, it permeates our lives. As writers, we might appreciate it more than others do. Reading […]
I bet it’ll look different. I bet it’ll be edited. I bet all sorts of stuff will change – if it’s accepted anywhere.
Book Review: The Elements of Style, by Strunk, White, and Kalman As a part of the Quinnipiac social media writing class, we were required to purchase and reference The Elements of Style (illustrated) by William Strunk, E. B. White, and Maira Kalman. Rather than just reference this work, I read it from cover to cover. […]
Keeping that content stream going, even when the muse has left for parts unknown.
What Do You Look Like Online? This post is a riff on Do You Know What You Look Like Online. Essentially, the question is, if you were searching for someone (someone just like you, perhaps), what sorts of judgments would you make? What seems off? What’s being suppressed, which should be promoted, and vice versa? […]
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Your elevator pitch We have all heard of what an elevator pitch is. It seems like it is the kind of stuff for overly eager new sales associates looking to make an impression on the big boss between floors. But there is more to it than that. Someone has just turned to you and said, […]
Senses Our senses shape the real world, so why not the fictional one as well? When we talk about the senses, what do we really mean? And how can our thoughts about them lead us to writing inspiration? To begin, let’s look at them in order. This is more or less in order of how […]
Getting inspiration from the news The news News stories can be a fantastic source of inspiration. Remember the phrase, ‘ripped from the headlines‘? So while it has become a TV trope all its own, current events can really inspire. Because you just can’t make this stuff up. International Events In particular, when writing about an alien […]
Getting inspiration from the physical world The physical world The physical world can inspire, whether it’s the Appalachian Trail, or your bedroom, or the Himalayas. And while not everyone can live in Paris or visit Yosemite National Park, we can all be inspired by our own personal universes. Moreover, if your world can inspire you, […]