Lisa Papademetriou's Blog - Posts Tagged "yalit"

I recently started re-thinking my Pinterest account, which had been dormant for about a year. I couldn’t figure out what to use it for. I’m not one of those moms who creates elaborate sandwiches in the shape of dinosaurs, or someone who is enthusiastic about classic cars, or one of those crafters who knows how to create a lovely trivet out of fall leaves and spackle. Actually, I’m kind of amazed at how many of those people exist. But they do, and they are all on Pinterest.

Meanwhile, I had another (unrelated, I thought) problem. I was feeling as if I needed to come up with some more interesting settings. I wanted to think about new characters. I wanted to collect places, and faces, and maybe clothes for them to wear…. If only there was some sort of technology to help with this!

Ding.

So welcome to my two new boards, Writing Prompts: Settings and Writing Prompts: Characters. (Pinterest button is on the right hand column.) I have added a bunch of castles and gardens to my Settings board. I’m not sure why; I’m not writing about castles or gardens. But I do find those pictures inspiring, and the details of the stones, the way the plants trail over lawns, might make it into my work-in-progress. I haven’t added much to my Character board, but that’s next up. I do like collecting faces, and there are some amazing ones on the interwebs.

So if you’re looking for a prompt, I highly recommend checking on Pinterest. You might even figure out how to make that trivet or dinosaur sandwich you’ve been wanting.