tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post2841402111208013337..comments2024-03-23T06:00:13.243-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: What to Do if You're Seriously Stymied Creatively: Part 1Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-53215134481360761312011-07-25T13:22:47.260-04:002011-07-25T13:22:47.260-04:00Reading out of genre is a great idea, I think. Eve...Reading out of genre is a great idea, I think. Even the most absurd/ridiculous can be inspiring (especially, perhaps!). Picture books and graphic novels always do it for me.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-71405947514423935572011-07-25T07:57:38.096-04:002011-07-25T07:57:38.096-04:00Broadly-speaking I don’t try and force it. I defin...Broadly-speaking I don’t try and force it. I define a writer as a person whose natural response to life is to write about it. The key word there, for me, is ‘natural’. I agree that writing exercises and the like can give you a shove but I don’t find that forcing things helps me. If I’m not physically engaged in writing (i.e. scribbling on a scrap of paper of rattling away on a keyboard) that doesn’t mean I’m not engaged in being a writer. You have to think about the bigger picture. If you don’t take in you can’t give out. You need to source stuff to write about, you need to process what you’ve sourced and <i>then</i> you can write. Too many think they can simply write and write and write and the rest will take care of itself. I’ve just written a long post about boredom and it is amazing just how important boredom can be to creative individuals. Necessity is not always the mother of invention. Often plain ol’ Boredom is.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com