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"Once Upon A Time" Serves as Writing Inspiration
Every writer has something which inspires her or him to write: something which provides fresh ideas or stretches the imagination; something which prompts a writer to strive for something which she or he feels is extraordinary.
It could be anything. A story on the six o'clock news. A conversation overheard in a restaurant. A word one sees in passing.
Everything is susceptible to the creative mind and serves as fodder for creative endeavors, whether it be writing, art or other mediums.
I was inspired to write the "Sword of Tilk Trilogy" by a television show.
I don't watch much television. There isn't much on that appeals to me these days. Most of the time I prefer to write rather than watch television. So when a series comes along that captures my imagination, I get pretty excited about it.
So it was with "Once Upon A Time."
Even before the first episode debuted, the previews had me intrigued. What could anyone possibly do with those classic fairy tales? It piqued my interest and I could hardly wait to see it.
I was not disappointed and eagerly awaited the next installment.
The more I watched, the more these ideas began to form in my head. Characters and scenarios I had never envisioned took up residence in my imagination. As all writers know, the only way to deal with those visions is to put them down onto paper and bring them to life.
When I began writing the story, I had no idea it would blossom into three full-length novels over 100,000 words each.
Granted, they are nothing at all like the show. There are no fairy tale characters, except for the ones I created.
But it was the creativity and imagination that goes into the show that sparked my own. It was the strength of the characters (especially the women) and the idea of different worlds co-existing alongside one another that sent my muse into overdrive. It fired my motivation to focus on the story to see what the characters would get into next, both on the series and in my books.
Once I had finished, I could hardly believe what I had done. But there it was.
I won't hand over all the credit to the series "Once Upon A Time." There were other elements involved. The word "Tilk" I saw in block white letters on the side of a train car. The Grifflestump came from a pattern I saw in the stippled painting on my ceiling. A number of elements came together to help me form the images and words which became those novels.
But it isn't often I see something on television that spurs me into writing mode. At least, not like this. Certainly not enough to write over 400,000 words.
It is kind of funny, though. Each time I am inspired to write something, whether it be a story, poem, an essay or a novel, I am left with the memory of what inspired me to write it in the first place.
I got a lot of memories.
My imagination has moved on to other things, other writing. But I'm still a big fan of the show.
We writers take our inspiration from wherever it comes.
It could be anything. A story on the six o'clock news. A conversation overheard in a restaurant. A word one sees in passing.
Everything is susceptible to the creative mind and serves as fodder for creative endeavors, whether it be writing, art or other mediums.
I was inspired to write the "Sword of Tilk Trilogy" by a television show.
I don't watch much television. There isn't much on that appeals to me these days. Most of the time I prefer to write rather than watch television. So when a series comes along that captures my imagination, I get pretty excited about it.
So it was with "Once Upon A Time."
Even before the first episode debuted, the previews had me intrigued. What could anyone possibly do with those classic fairy tales? It piqued my interest and I could hardly wait to see it.
I was not disappointed and eagerly awaited the next installment.
The more I watched, the more these ideas began to form in my head. Characters and scenarios I had never envisioned took up residence in my imagination. As all writers know, the only way to deal with those visions is to put them down onto paper and bring them to life.
When I began writing the story, I had no idea it would blossom into three full-length novels over 100,000 words each.
Granted, they are nothing at all like the show. There are no fairy tale characters, except for the ones I created.
But it was the creativity and imagination that goes into the show that sparked my own. It was the strength of the characters (especially the women) and the idea of different worlds co-existing alongside one another that sent my muse into overdrive. It fired my motivation to focus on the story to see what the characters would get into next, both on the series and in my books.
Once I had finished, I could hardly believe what I had done. But there it was.
I won't hand over all the credit to the series "Once Upon A Time." There were other elements involved. The word "Tilk" I saw in block white letters on the side of a train car. The Grifflestump came from a pattern I saw in the stippled painting on my ceiling. A number of elements came together to help me form the images and words which became those novels.
But it isn't often I see something on television that spurs me into writing mode. At least, not like this. Certainly not enough to write over 400,000 words.
It is kind of funny, though. Each time I am inspired to write something, whether it be a story, poem, an essay or a novel, I am left with the memory of what inspired me to write it in the first place.
I got a lot of memories.
My imagination has moved on to other things, other writing. But I'm still a big fan of the show.
We writers take our inspiration from wherever it comes.
