Comments on: Music, Movies or a Hair-flip? Where’s Your Writing Inspiration Come From?

By: jennhandy

jennhandy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:49:45 +0000

I have to admit, the music thing was totally accidental. I’ve read two books within the last month, in which the author thanks specific bands for helping them break through their writer’s block and propell the story forward - I thought it was kind of interesting.

I agree with you, though - visual cues are a lot more appealing.

Thanks for the comment, Jen, and good luck with the writing!

By: jdimos

jdimos — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:47:32 +0000

That’s the beauty of inspiration, I suppose. It comes in a variety of guises that are as diverse as the artists who are inspired.

Thanks Jen, for sharing what inspires you.

-Justin

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:42 +0000

Interesting that you focused on music as stimulus for writing. It works the opposite way for me; noise is brain-invasion!

However, I’m very triggered by visual cues. The more subtle the moment, the bigger the pile of darn-good-ideas.

So, it’s not that attending the Olympics, for example, wouldn’t trigger some good insights for writing, but it wouldn’t have much to do with the games. It would likely come from the vendor blocks away or from pictures taken and revisited of the faces of ordinary people greeting tourists. Behind those smiles, those sunny skies, and the successfully-filled stadium are mountains of human complexity, the epiphanies so intertwined with life’s conundrum.

I guess that makes me a visual type rather than an auditory processing type!