Inspiration

Since I have a huge imagination, I can be easily inspired. Pictures, music, movies- they're great sources of inspiration. I have a station on Pandora labeled "Hans Zimmer (composer)" and those movie soundtracks appeal to me so much (probably because I also dream that I might have the capacity to someday write my own) and get my creative juices flowing.

As you can imagine, movies appeal largely to my imagination. There are some movies that I can't see in theaters because my imagination puts me in that scene and I freak out. (By the way, horror movies are out of the question. Period.) But this last Friday my husband and I invited over a few friends and we finally watched the last movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (Yes, I'm a loser and it took me this long to see the whole thing.)

My creative mind has been on overdrive ever since. Watching something like that after going through my creative writing class has been incredible. I make more connections, I have more ideas, I have directions I think might enhance my story... Remember I said that I stepped away from my first story because I was forcing myself to write and it wasn't working? I'm slowly beginning to piece it together, to start to figure out what the main characters need to undergo to make things happen for them. It's incredible. Exhilarating. I love it.

And I've been stuck in school. My homework still isn't done. All I want to do is write, or try and add things to my story that I think would help.

It's going to be a long semester. Maybe I'll try getting through my homework quickly so I can finally write again...