cacian
03-07-2012, 07:05 AM
I am hopeful this idea would help towards dismantle ' the writer's block' so to speak and for good.
I call it ' make a noise' with a story.
I often hear about writers not knowing how start ,where to start and ,what to write about or the 'writer's block'.
So I thought of this:
what a better place to start then to look for ideas and inspiration in reality/life which is right outside your doorstep. Reality,life, daytime/nightime, noise and people make for a the perfect recipee for ideas to write about.
For my opening lines/first chapter/title I shall 'make noise' with I saw this morning so to speak and start with something I just captured outside.
The same would apply to a keen photographer like me, to take pictures of what is happening/unfolding in front of him/her as heshe goes to their local pizzeria for a spot of lunch.
Here is my idea:
when out and about for a walk or to your local newspapers/tobaccory/ park anywhere...
take note of the following:
the weather
the time of the day
the different shops
the aromas as you walk pass your bakery/butcher/delicatessen..
the noises from cars/chattering/windows closing/doors opening/footstep/bird twiterring/....
the different type of people/what they are doing/how they are dressed/maybe capture a snipet of what they are saying/their conversation
the things they say could make a perfect opening line to your book
This is an example of what I mean:
I walked pass this group of young students coming out of school and as they walked pass me a hardy looking boy looked at me and said, pointing at the girl next to him:
'she is smart you know'
I smiled and replied :good!
take note of people's actions
are they?
running
walking fast
talking
stopped
parking
waving
and so on
Then pack some or all into your introduction/or your plot to start and create a story.
here is one I captured earlier today coming back from my school run
It was a wintery grey morning with a drizzly rain falling uniterruptidely and a cooling breeze swaying about nature.
It is one type of weather I really enjoy because it makes me walk briskly to wherever I am going and refreshes my spirits. I consider it to be one an excellent outdoor activity and a very good walking exercise, an all in one gift of nature that combines both cool air and speed for when one is out and about and in need of cheering up.
I was back from my daily morning paper shopping trip and as I walked pass my local bakery I breathed in this sweet and pungent aromas-a warmed scent of heart melting pastries and bread cooking in an oven- that was mellowing in the fresh air of the morning and was simply delicious.
'Time for my breakfast' I thought to myself, a defeatest twist on 'appetite comes with eating' saying but more of an 'appetite comes with aromas' I smiled to myself,'smell the pastries and think of breakfast' was my pun of the day.
Then as I strolled past leisurely, I noticed a couple, a man and woman, standing huddled around this ballad which was part part of this pavemnet. I payed no attention to their looks, age or what they were wearing, but I did notice they were quiet and bend towards what looked like a parcel, a cardboard box, a present maybe... It was a fairly generous looking box sealed tightely in the middle with a transparent celotape.
The man stood there was trying hastily to undo the celotape to get the box opened quickly. Whilst he struggled with it, the woman standing opposite him held the box- which was put on top of this ugly looking metal ballad- tightely as not to drop it.
I wondered about the content of the box or what could be inside it because the impatience this couple displayed as they stood outside hurrying to undo the box was but all too obvious to me. Something a child does when given a present in a box, to open it excitedly and very quickly.
So,
what would be your opening line to what you have just notice as you walked pass this morning?
I call it ' make a noise' with a story.
I often hear about writers not knowing how start ,where to start and ,what to write about or the 'writer's block'.
So I thought of this:
what a better place to start then to look for ideas and inspiration in reality/life which is right outside your doorstep. Reality,life, daytime/nightime, noise and people make for a the perfect recipee for ideas to write about.
For my opening lines/first chapter/title I shall 'make noise' with I saw this morning so to speak and start with something I just captured outside.
The same would apply to a keen photographer like me, to take pictures of what is happening/unfolding in front of him/her as heshe goes to their local pizzeria for a spot of lunch.
Here is my idea:
when out and about for a walk or to your local newspapers/tobaccory/ park anywhere...
take note of the following:
the weather
the time of the day
the different shops
the aromas as you walk pass your bakery/butcher/delicatessen..
the noises from cars/chattering/windows closing/doors opening/footstep/bird twiterring/....
the different type of people/what they are doing/how they are dressed/maybe capture a snipet of what they are saying/their conversation
the things they say could make a perfect opening line to your book
This is an example of what I mean:
I walked pass this group of young students coming out of school and as they walked pass me a hardy looking boy looked at me and said, pointing at the girl next to him:
'she is smart you know'
I smiled and replied :good!
take note of people's actions
are they?
running
walking fast
talking
stopped
parking
waving
and so on
Then pack some or all into your introduction/or your plot to start and create a story.
here is one I captured earlier today coming back from my school run
It was a wintery grey morning with a drizzly rain falling uniterruptidely and a cooling breeze swaying about nature.
It is one type of weather I really enjoy because it makes me walk briskly to wherever I am going and refreshes my spirits. I consider it to be one an excellent outdoor activity and a very good walking exercise, an all in one gift of nature that combines both cool air and speed for when one is out and about and in need of cheering up.
I was back from my daily morning paper shopping trip and as I walked pass my local bakery I breathed in this sweet and pungent aromas-a warmed scent of heart melting pastries and bread cooking in an oven- that was mellowing in the fresh air of the morning and was simply delicious.
'Time for my breakfast' I thought to myself, a defeatest twist on 'appetite comes with eating' saying but more of an 'appetite comes with aromas' I smiled to myself,'smell the pastries and think of breakfast' was my pun of the day.
Then as I strolled past leisurely, I noticed a couple, a man and woman, standing huddled around this ballad which was part part of this pavemnet. I payed no attention to their looks, age or what they were wearing, but I did notice they were quiet and bend towards what looked like a parcel, a cardboard box, a present maybe... It was a fairly generous looking box sealed tightely in the middle with a transparent celotape.
The man stood there was trying hastily to undo the celotape to get the box opened quickly. Whilst he struggled with it, the woman standing opposite him held the box- which was put on top of this ugly looking metal ballad- tightely as not to drop it.
I wondered about the content of the box or what could be inside it because the impatience this couple displayed as they stood outside hurrying to undo the box was but all too obvious to me. Something a child does when given a present in a box, to open it excitedly and very quickly.
So,
what would be your opening line to what you have just notice as you walked pass this morning?