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IWSG: a place where writers and friends share woes or hugs.
Welcome to mine!
Thank you, IWSG co-hosts for the July 5: PJ Colando, Kim Lajevardi, Gwen Gardner, Pat Garcia, and Natalie Aguirre!
Here is July's optional question - 99% of my story ideas come from dreams. Where do yours predominantly come from?
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My daughter shares the same avenue for her story-writing as the author of this month's question. As for me, all my stories are borne from inspiration imagined by scenarios from snippets of movie scenes, someone giving a talk, a person's appearance, an emotion that creeps up on me, an old building--anything... Sometimes my brain will compile an entire scene or image, and I build the story around that.
On another note, July is Independence month! Celebration for independence comes to us in many ways. Life has taken a crazy but good turn for me, and I find myself with a new set of wings that are taking me higher than before.
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Sometimes we recognize what holds us back, and it takes special power to cut that part out despite the painful process.
I've noticed a trend in my writing: everyone therein fights for freedom in one way or another, it's fascinating.
One story that stands out is Awaken: A Love Story, where Daemos is thrown into the thick of ugly and finds N'reena recognizes it for what it is. Running away together isn't easy, but there's no turning back...
Please celebrate with us how freedom must be won against the dark secrets that rule their society!
What about you? How does your inspiration visit you? Do you have the original ideas that sparked a best-seller? In what ways are you celebrating Independence Day if at all?
7 comments:
It takes a lot of resolve to cut loose, but it's definitely worth it. And wow, a killer trailer!
That's great that your daughter is a writer and gets ideas from her dreams. I'm like you. I get my ideas from things around me.
often it is a painful process to move forward. And the trailer is Awesome!!
Freedom must be your theme!
So many ways to get ideas! Just take a thread and run with it until it evolves. I love your twist on freedom :)
I'm Gwen, co-hosting today for the IWSG: https://gwengardner.blogspot.com/
I don't celebrate specifically, even though July 1st is Canada Day, and I'm Canadian. But I think my life has been a freedom celebration for the past 29 years, ever since I emigrated from Russia. It was a dictatorship then, and it's still a dictatorship now, even though it pretended to be a democracy (sort-of) in the intervening years. Every time I hear some horrible news from Russia, especially after their ugly war with Ukraine started, I'm so happy I was able to escape. I'm so happy that I don't live there anymore. That my children don't live there. Canada is so much better. And every single day, I'm truly appreciative of all the freedoms my current country granted me.
Karen, thank you!
Natalie, isn't interesting the sorts of things that morph from simple things? I love it.
Karen, thank you!
Alex, oh wow, I suppose it is! I'd never really thought of it. :D
Gwen, thank you for co-hosting!
Olga, I'm so glad you and your family are in a better place!
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