Inspiration and how things turn out

By captain kate · Aug 26, 2012 · 744 · 2
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  1. As I write, and weave Kate's back story in, I, and not to toot my own horn either because I hate doing that, have started to realize how ahead of my time I was. I've read "The Hunger Games" and seen the movie, and the "games" were something, albeit with actual gladiators and teams, I thought of while in seventh grade, back in 1986. Now, they'll always be the comments that I "ripped off" Suzanne Collins and in reality it's something I've had in the head for the longest time without the skills developed to put it on paper.

    So it's funny how things work out, for good or bad, but you plunge forwards, make you writing the best it can be. Once that's done, then you can worry about the rest.

    My advice to people continues to be the same: read the 50 best novels of all time, see how they work, create your own style and then write like mad. There's no real magic bullet to being a writer, it's 100% perspiration along with your inspiration.
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  1. maidahl
    My old professor used to say that last line. He died. Everlasting words
    maidahl, Aug 26, 2012
  2. mugen shiyo
    I've had that problem, too. The longer you wait, the more you will see your innovative or new ideas become someone else's. Or you find out they never were new in the first place.

    I actually read new peoples writings much more than actual ones. nd I read a lot of short articles and the like. There just seems to be so much more vitality in them and the common "greats", but they are worth reading, nonetheless.
    mugen shiyo, Sep 22, 2012
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