Emma Grey
Sometimes I'm NOT inspired to write, but I write anyway. Those times often end up being the most productive and fun. I used to wait for 'inspiration to hit' and conditions to be 'perfect' (quiet house, mood music, candles, cup of tea...) but then I recognised that for what it was (procrastination) and started writing ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. Ten minutes in the car outside the ballet studio waiting for my daughter - get down a couple of paragraphs. Twenty minutes til my fave TV show (Offspring on Channel 10 in Australia) comes on - write another scene.
Most of the plot ideas and much of the dialogue came to me driving in the car, and then it was a matter of remembering this til I got to the keyboard (and not looking like a lunatic, talking to myself at traffic lights, pretending to be Angus or Sarah or Kat or Joel...)
Most of the plot ideas and much of the dialogue came to me driving in the car, and then it was a matter of remembering this til I got to the keyboard (and not looking like a lunatic, talking to myself at traffic lights, pretending to be Angus or Sarah or Kat or Joel...)
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