Getting Your Creative Juices Flowing!

In a previous post I wrote called 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing  I talked about ways to get ideas for your writing. Inspiration is all around us and how you get your "creative juices" flowing is as much a matter of personal choice as the clothes you wear.

One of my favorite topics to read about other, more well-known authors is just that, how they get their juices going. Do they sit at their desk waiting for inspiration to strike? Probably not. But I came across this article from the Guardian Unlimited that chronicles a few well-known authors and their methods for inspiration – which includes everything from a squeaky chair to holding an axe in a hand!

Like I said, methods vary wildly. Something that would drive me crazy while trying to write (ie. a noisy bar full of drunks) might be just the perfect atmosphere for another writer to pound out a novel in record time. Finding your method of inspiration is all about discovery – you need to find what works well for you. A lot of it seems to boil down to being comfortable.

If you’re still stuck, I’ll give you a jumping off point. Read this entire article from the Guardian Unlimited about the whacky ways authors get the juices moving, and it just might inspire you:
Works Like a Charm

Also, if you draw creative inspiration in an interesting way, leave a comment and share with us your secret to creativity.

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