Illusions

I love Illusions, and I think that they make the mind think differently. Have a good look at some of these:
What type of animal is this?

This is a perfect circle, you should check your philosophy if it is 'seeing is believing'...

Use these to freshen up your mind!

Inkblossom

Creative Places

Creative Places
Are places that make think, feel and be creative.
I recently fell in love with writing lists so heres a list of my favourite creative places, if you have any suggestions to add, e-mail them to Inkblossom inbox (look at contact us) and if they're good we'll publish them. Easy as that!


My Favourite Creative Places:


-At the beach
-On a swing
-Looking out of the car window when it's raining and watching the raindrops slide cross it
-Lying in the middle of a grassy paddock on a warm spring day (even better if it's a fine day after a lot of rain)
-In front of a fire, with a blanket, on a cold winters night
-Anywhere with chocolate! 

Inkblossom

Here is a few of my favourite quotes (Refresh for more):

Frenchgirl08's favorite quotes

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."— Dr. Seuss

Goodreads Quotes

Inkblossom

Inspiralweb - editorial advice

Hi again!
Frenchgirl08 found an awesome website that tells you some common mistakes to avoid when taking your work to an editor. It is also useful if you just want some good writing tips. The address is as follows:


http://www.writersservices.com/mag/07/Editor's_advice_1.htm

Inkblossom

Inspiral Authors

Inspiral Authors are pieces written by either proper published authors, or pretty close to it:



7 til 7

translucent morning eternity
warmed by the steam from my coffee cup
no deception left in lazy smiles and bunny slippers
where else can peace be found
except in pancakes and birdsong?

Inkblossom

The Writers Wishes

A Need to Need

To be a writer there a three things you need to need: to read, to write, and to live. When I say to live, I don't mean needing to take a breath, everyone has to do that. I mean to go about the world in a way that wants, that wants to see, to learn, to feel and then to write.

The Steps to Amazing

First you have to get over a shyness to see the world they way it sees you. You may find disappointment, happiness, and unexpected feelings. You may find home. Inspiration. A special feeling of belonging. You may not. Anyway that is what you need to nurture you.

You then have to wait, or look. Wait for inspiration to hit while you try to coach it out from somewhere. Some of you realize you would like to be a writer when you have these highs so you may already have one.

During a high you start a story get through the first pages and then stop and don't know what to write next. This is usually because you were so excited to start that you forget to plan properly. Or you just lose interest and start on something else. Then the same happens and you have a pile of unfinished work. So after this high has finished, you need to carry on. Except let yourself avoid it sometimes.

If you need a little boosting send your work to the third eye address on the contact us page. We can help with ideas (although not always) and edit your work. Or at least give another opinion. Next after you've got through the main bit and maybe had another high you're almost finished. It should be rather simple. you write the end and then forget about it. But your excited about it being finished and then get depressed at the fact you now have to rewrite it all during the editing stage. Leave it and start something new. Let that new story get you excited. Now go back to the first and try to edit while getting distracted. Make yourself work on editing the first work. Slowly in between little great ideas for the new one edit the old one. Then again. Keep editing until you've finished the second story's first draft is finished. It should be perfect for you.

Now show everyone, or at least the people you are willing to let see. Make sure they aren't family and then get them to be honest and tell you is it good. If it isn't get the little mistakes you made written down. If it is still do. Now remember you do not have to go with what they say. You can, but don't because you think they must know better, do, because you agree it is a great change to make and will improve the story.

How to: Read

If you don't read, you can't write. Read a variety of stories. Even the ones you hate. First read for the sake of reading. Then think about what happened, what you remember strongly, what didn't seem believable. Analyze the story, read it again if you want. Make sure you just read first though. Otherwise reading will become a chore. Read classics, what made them famous? Read your favourites, what makes them good books? Read books you hate, what makes it so awful? Is it too unbelievable for you? Just make sure you read.

How to: Write

Set aside a writing time which you can rely on. It doesn't have to be too frequent but the more frequent the better. Try to write as much as possible. Spew write if you want (Spew writing is when you set a timer for around 5-10 minutes and just write as much as possible).

Always keep your writing even if it is the worse ever. You never know when you will need it. Just keep a bad folder somewhere. Don't forget about it either. Read all your writing over when you've forgotten what it is. You may become inspired to change or add something.

Try all different writing styles until you've found your own. It can take a while to truely develop one certain writing style.

How To: Live

Try a little dose of everything. Take up any offer (unless it is killing yourself). Feel it through your body and record how you felt. The feeling of someone you know dying, the feeling of meeting a star, the feeling of someone forgetting who you are, or even the feeling of eating porrige in pyjamas. Just live, but live unusualy.

Mix it all together and you're a writer!

Inkblossom

Inspiralweb - e-zines

Welcome to the first Inspiralweb,
Posts that are called Inspiralweb are website addresses that could be useful for writers. Once again, anything after the dash is the theme.

OK, now for the websites today's theme of course is e-zines. We've only got two but they should keep you busy for a while.

- http://www.fictionwriting.about.com/
- http://www.thescriptorium.net/

Inkblossom

Keys of Creativity-Yellow

Here's a little starter course for Keys of Creativity.
Each time we write a blog post named 'Keys of Creativity' we will be giving you a set of story starters you can use (they are great to inspire short stories). Anything after the dash in the title is the theme, today...Yellow!


-It was the big M for lunch. Again.
-The fresh honey was like liquid gold on a Monday morning.
-Cigarette stained teeth.
-Streams of sunlight glistened on the gently lapping water. (cliche, I know)
-She snapped the yellow pencil on her forehead...


hope you can have some fun with these

Inkblossom