The intro to Castle had a very good and important truth. "Every good writer needs inspiration" Nathan Fillion says in his character Richard Castle, "And I found mine."
Castle found Beckett as an inspiration in the ABC TV show. Well he is right. Writers need inspiration. Mine is not found in the form of a person though. I get these moods sometimes where I feel like reading. usually the book I feel like reading is Gallagher Girls, and well, I don't think I've read or seen many other teen girl spy novels so maybe that's why, but sometimes it just one part of one book, sometimes its the whole thing (I've read the entire series at least 10 times, three of them in the same week last summer). I got into one of those last week, where I wanted to read something, and so I picked up all four of the current Lorien Legacies and the movie from the library and just read for 4 days. ( I was kind of disappointed when I found out that there were more book, I mean not really, it's a good series but i was hoping to not have to wait for the next book). That really helped to get me in the spirit of writing, i mean I always am but I was kind of stuck... so yeah. I get inspiration from the feeling I get from other books. I can't read or watch or hear or do anything with out thinking "Ooh, what if I had my characters..." Trust me, why do you think I am writing so many books at once?
Another thing I do is listen to music. Sometimes I hear certain music and I go "THAT'S MY BOOK!" I mean it's obviously not, but for me it gives the feeling I have when I'm writing or thinking about my book. I have to keep a pen and paper close to me all the time because I'll either get an idea for my book or I'll have to jot down the name of a song so I can listen to it later. I posted the Lyrics to one such song. One artist that really inspires me is Lindsey Stirling. She plays violin, and for the most part her songs are instrumentals. The passion she puts into the music can be heard and it doesn't need words to convey anything. I think I like it because I can interpret it to be anything I want, whatever my mood is or needs.
There is one important inspiration though that I think is often forgotten...location. I was just up at a church camp and you know, I'm a person who likes solitude. In my free time I would wander and the smells of the wonderful nature, the solitude I felt standing in a camp with a bunch of girls, was refreshing. I was able to let my thoughts take me away because the world wasn't worrying me. When I'm home I get most of my ideas, most of my solutions, because I feel comfortable.
So yeah, I am kind of really excited to be writing right now and while I think its a wonderful thing my parents are really mad at me. Summer assignments take precedence apparently...