Dos Scribblings Weekly: Be inspired! Drink in the world around you!

Hi there!

I'm here to tell you to take heart when you find yourself stuck... as I have been of late with my writing.


Even though I have not taken any direct action to act on my inspirations by writing, I have been thoroughly inspired with my new experiences lately. But when I'm feeling particularly uninspired I simply just escape for a while to the beach or my own front yard. Recently I decided to spontaneously go to one of my favorite beaches here in Northern Cali, and it was beautiful. I watched the storm clouds roll in from the ocean, poked at some sea anenomes and sea stars, felt the waves rolling around my ankles and tripped a few times by sinking in the wet sand. It was a dazzling experience!

Besides going to your happy place, I would recommend just seeking out whatever inspired you in the first place with your idea for whatever work you have at the moment. For me, many of the places I pulled inspiration from are from my favorite fantasy fiction novels. Specifically, for one of my WIP's I am writing a Beauty and the Beast fiction novel. I am not sure how well it will go, but I have a pretty solid idea for what I want this world to be like. My inspiration for that came from the story of the Beauty and the Beast, (obviously) but more specifically the Disney movie. I love the way that story version is written. In part I think the reason why it inspires me so much is because it's got a lot of beautiful music in it. For my WIP Beauty and the Beast story I drew different parts from the movie and the original story itself to make my work my own. I may be stuck on it now, but every time I watch something or listen to something related to Beauty and the Beast I get a little spark of inspiration.

If you are feeling stuck, you need to go back to the source material that brought you to this brilliant idea in the first place. And if you're in the first draft, all you need to be concerned about is letting your characters story play out and not worry to much about the giant plot holes or gaping inconsistencies.

Hope this inspires someone,

Love,

Jazmine