tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380520186501466262.post2880248477707324617..comments2023-07-15T03:39:40.217-04:00Comments on Waiting for the Muse: New IdeasDawn Buthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657505032780780562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380520186501466262.post-20900599413707630422008-04-20T04:53:00.000-04:002008-04-20T04:53:00.000-04:00I write down ideas in a notebook. Anything. A phra...I write down ideas in a notebook. Anything. A phrase that comes to me, an image. Most of what I write is not a story idea, but a piece of something that could be used in writing. <BR/><BR/>My story ideas germinate with a small scene which will not leave. Sometimes the writing comes and the story emerges in a rough form in a matter of weeks. I have a few ideas that are sitting in the back of my brain, waiting for more substance. <BR/><BR/>When I need to start something new, I sit down and write. The idea will catch my attention or will be tossed or will develop slowly into a story. <BR/><BR/>Idea--I am now writing down ideas for essay topics. This will keep the muse alive when I'm facing a deadline.Sarah Blake Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849468829272752689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380520186501466262.post-4568961179925356022008-04-17T14:50:00.000-04:002008-04-17T14:50:00.000-04:00oh hey Dawn... TAG! You're it! I was book meme tag...oh hey Dawn... TAG! You're it! I was book meme tagged and so I tagged you! Go to my blog to check it out.Sheri Perl-Oshinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025716805041579831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380520186501466262.post-90296547605153811942008-04-16T22:08:00.000-04:002008-04-16T22:08:00.000-04:00I get ideas stuck in my head. Then, the better one...I get ideas stuck in my head. Then, the better ones start to yell first sentences at me. I write everything down. My current next idea is pounding in my head, but I haven't figured out when I can write it yet!PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380520186501466262.post-80081068993958853492008-04-16T19:22:00.000-04:002008-04-16T19:22:00.000-04:00Dawn,I often get phrases or sometimes just a word ...Dawn,<BR/>I often get phrases or sometimes just a word that is stuck in my head. I jot it down on an index card and file it under possible ideas. (I have this mini file cabinet on my desk.) Then when I am ready to begin a new idea I read through them and see which one grabs me and then, without an outline, I just write. It's an organic process. I write until I can't anymore. THEN maybe I will outline, or brainstorm, or go for a walk... Then I write until I can't and so on. And that's my crazy process...<BR/><BR/>The other day the word braggadocio kept repeating in my mind and I wondered why... so far there is absolutely no reason, but it was fun to say to my kids and explain what it means. Sometimes I just think about words... That ever happen to you.Sheri Perl-Oshinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025716805041579831noreply@blogger.com