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Inspiration in the Likeliest of Places
Inspiration is a tricky thing. It is, at its essence, something that you can't quite put your finger on, but you know it when it finds its way into your thought process.
Everyone always talks about how inspiration is found in the unlikeliest of places. You didn't know it was going to happen, but it just did. It's just like finding the ordinary in the extraordinary. When you see something spectacular and amazing, you say to yourself how extraordinary it is. Yet, that "extraordinariness" had to come from something ordinary originally. Normal items, actions, people, and ideas can become extraordinary when they do wonderful, fantastic, over-the-top things.
That is why you can find inspiration in not only the unlikeliest places, but the likeliest. For example, I saw a puppet show of 'The Princess and the Pea' today. It was adorably done, with music and singing and a variety of different characters. A puppet show is a likely place to find inspiration. It is, at its core, a story, and to make it even better, it is being told with different voices, through the eyes of different characters, and to top it all off, it is interactive! It is likely that I will take pieces of what I gained today from my viewing of this puppet show and jot down some notes for some future piece of writing I plan to do. I don't know how I'll use it yet, but the point is that no matter where you are, what you're doing, or who you're with, every place is a likely place to find inspiration. You just have to give in to that fact, and lo and behold, you might find the best writing material!
Beth Rodgers is the author of Freshman Fourteen, a young adult novel. You can visit her website at www.BethRodgersAuthor.com or see her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bethrodgersauthor.
Everyone always talks about how inspiration is found in the unlikeliest of places. You didn't know it was going to happen, but it just did. It's just like finding the ordinary in the extraordinary. When you see something spectacular and amazing, you say to yourself how extraordinary it is. Yet, that "extraordinariness" had to come from something ordinary originally. Normal items, actions, people, and ideas can become extraordinary when they do wonderful, fantastic, over-the-top things.
That is why you can find inspiration in not only the unlikeliest places, but the likeliest. For example, I saw a puppet show of 'The Princess and the Pea' today. It was adorably done, with music and singing and a variety of different characters. A puppet show is a likely place to find inspiration. It is, at its core, a story, and to make it even better, it is being told with different voices, through the eyes of different characters, and to top it all off, it is interactive! It is likely that I will take pieces of what I gained today from my viewing of this puppet show and jot down some notes for some future piece of writing I plan to do. I don't know how I'll use it yet, but the point is that no matter where you are, what you're doing, or who you're with, every place is a likely place to find inspiration. You just have to give in to that fact, and lo and behold, you might find the best writing material!
Beth Rodgers is the author of Freshman Fourteen, a young adult novel. You can visit her website at www.BethRodgersAuthor.com or see her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bethrodgersauthor.
A Fresh Perspective: A Blog by Beth Rodgers, Author of "Freshman Fourteen"
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