I’m thinking for our September series, we’ll do something collaborative: a book club. But since we’re all writers, I though we could read a writing craft book together and discuss it—possibly chapter by chapter.
Why? Because although we can get a lot out of reading these kinds of books and pondering them ourselves, I think we can get even more out of discussing the concepts and applying them to our work, and to one another’s. And even if you can’t get ahold of the book, you can still participate in the discussion.
So what book should we choose? (Feel free to check your local library for availability—no need to pay to participate!)
This week I glanced at the book my husband was reading and the back cover had some glowing remarks from reviewers. I wondered if reviews for my book would say that—and then I wondered if I wanted them to.
This morning, it happened to me again. I had a dream. And not just any dream, a dream: one of those dreams that inspires a big, big story.
I’ve sketched out the characters from the dream, the scene, the basic plot idea, and I did a little research (it was a historical dream). Evernote (which I learned about yesterday via The Creative Penn) is my new friend. I haven’t decided if this is what I should write next, although what I was planning to work on is only slightly less sketchy at this point .
I’ve had a couple stories begin as dreams before, and so far, that’s probably my most common source for story ideas. What’s yours?