Advice from Stephen King

Advice from an expert...

Secrets: by One Republic

Happy Monday and happy writing!

Enjoy the song ;-)

Inspirationless

Inspirationless: n. Lacking inspiration, drive, and creative spark.

It ain't in the dictionary but it should be. I've been going through a seriously lack of it lately. I sit down to write and don't. There is no fuel for the fire. It's depressing but it's my fault.
If I had a little more patience, maybe I could get the job done. A little less stress, a little more time... surely it could all work out. But I don't, so here I am---

---in a rut. Yes, the dreaded writer's rut. It's not my first time and it won't be the last. Still, it doesn't make it suck any less.

So I've scoured the internet looking for ways to inspire myself. It usually works like a charm. But it hasn't. Instead, I found the inspiration I need to pick myself up and climb out of this preverbial ditch though other means. Reading means.

I love to read but I'm picky when it comes to finding books that bring me to my knees. I like a lot of books, but they don't all speak to me. This one did. I didn't have to push myself forward into reading it-- the author did. I simply stepped on a literary flying carpet and the author made it move. I didn't have to make leaps of intuition or think "is that really logical?". She brought me from page to page seamlessly. And it made me realize the beauty that is writing. It made me want to write so that I could make magic. It's a challenge, but one that I enjoy. So thank you to author Rachel Vincent for getting me out of my rut and being a magician of her own.

So your inspirational clip of the day? Here you go! Yes, I may be dabbling in my post-apocalyptic book today...

Found on vi.sualize.us. Author unknown.

Who is you heroine?

I’ve been doing some character profiles lately for a new book and I got stuck on my FMC. I mean, I know WHO she is, but I can’t figure out what she looks like. So like all good liars—I mean writers—I went online and started looking through pictures. I love pictures (as you know) and thought these would be nice to add to the blog. Maybe you can suck some inspiration out of them and get back to writing

Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance

This is a phenomenal music video and an even better song. Perfect for writer inspiration..

Paramore: Brink by Boring Brink

Sia - Breathe Me

Creative People

"The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person."

-Frank Barron

Think

all in your imagination

"Don't expect anything original from an echo."

-Author Unknown

"Sometimes imagination pounces; mostly it sleeps soundly in the corner, purring."
-Terri Guillemets

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."
-G.K. Chesterton

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
-Henry David Thoreau

Sit and Think

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think."

-Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Dreams are illustrations...

"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you."

-Marsha Norman

Solitude

"There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall."

-Colette

deviantArt photo by: Kyokosphotos

"Boadicea" - by Enya

A look in the mirror

"This is what I believe:

That I am I.

That my soul is a dark forest.

That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest.

That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back.

That I must have the courage to let them come and go.

That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women.

There is my creed."
- D. H. Lawrence

The Miracle of Love

"Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."
-Amy Bloom

Keep Dreaming

"If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time."

-Marcel Proust

Photo by: Zevaazka (deviantArt)

"No World for Tomorrow" --Coheed and Cambria

Artists of the Week

Hello all ♥ Today I’m going to blog about some phenomenal artists I’ve ventured across while surfing the Web. Hope these pictures get your creative juices flowing—but if not, simply click on the artist’s link to see other amazing images. Here’s to a productive week ♥

 

 

 

 

“Dark Forest” by Katerina Belinskaya









“Feline Magic” by Mz-Kitts











“Ireland” by Jordan Fehr





 



“The Fantasy” by April182

"My Side of the Story"-- Hodges

"Say It"-- Blue October