Matthew McAndrew
Two words for you: Intentional imagination.
Three more words: "What could be?"
Looking for the potential in people and in stories is my thing. I do it all the time, and it results in constant inspiration. I don't have droughts--my inspiration is always feast, never famine. My problem is switching OFF the ol' noggin.
I just stay active, observe, and absorb everything that happens so I can use it for my stories later. As Lloyd Alexander said, "Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it." That's definitely always been true of me.
As for my inspiration enhancers (all of us writers have one form or another): music. Movies. Games. Books. Art. Pinterest. TV shows. All of the above, mingled with countless hours of staring at reference images and imagining scenarios and character subtleties.
Basically I just think. A lot.
Three more words: "What could be?"
Looking for the potential in people and in stories is my thing. I do it all the time, and it results in constant inspiration. I don't have droughts--my inspiration is always feast, never famine. My problem is switching OFF the ol' noggin.
I just stay active, observe, and absorb everything that happens so I can use it for my stories later. As Lloyd Alexander said, "Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it." That's definitely always been true of me.
As for my inspiration enhancers (all of us writers have one form or another): music. Movies. Games. Books. Art. Pinterest. TV shows. All of the above, mingled with countless hours of staring at reference images and imagining scenarios and character subtleties.
Basically I just think. A lot.
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