Week # 163

Tonya turned when she heard her name called, but did not recognize the man waving to her.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lori,

Just curious. Do you see some of the things on the streets such as hearing a person's named called and not recognizing them, or do they randomly pop into your head?

Curious where you get some of the ideas that you put on your blog site.

I guess the question is coming from the creativity question. How do you encourage it?

firstlinefiction said...

No, I didn't see this happen on the street. Though sometimes that sort of thing does happen and it sparks an idea for me. Most of the first lines that I post on Wednesdays do just pop into my head. I've gotten good at writing them down the minute they appear because they tend to disappear on me if I don't (always carry a notebook!).

As for encouraging creativity I find spending time alone works well for me. This is something I have been thinking about more lately, though. I'd like to deconstuct my creative process a bit so that I can (hopefully) teach it to others. I'll keep you posted on that if anything comes of it.

Cheers,
Lori