What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write?
I often have the first verse come into my head a few hours before I sit down to write.
I may be driving or on vacation with my family when something hits me. I may just looking out a window. I get the idea then I start writing it down. I may revise it several times before I am happy with it.
Close consultation with my client, information gathering, online research and conducting interviews with key players, such as subject matter experts, to get a solid sense of what strategic messages I need to convey and the intended audience.
My creative process varies from project to project. Sometimes stories come out completely finished on paper before I type them into the computer or I will flesh out an entire piece of flash fiction in a blog dashboard. It always just starts with an inspiration that comes from something in my life, something that resonates meaning in me and I will jot something down about it in a notebook, anything stemming from the impetus phrase that started it all. Nowadays I've started carrying these little memo pads that I carry in my pocket so I can put something down when I think of it. My job allows a lot of time where I can do that, when a student is busy working and I am just sitting beside him waiting for him to finish. I seem to have the most fun writing when I really shouldn't be, like in inappropriate places like work or in the middle of Mass or something. Usually I like to free associate my ideas on paper and accumulate pages and pages of notes that I go through with a highlighter to get the best lines and ideas. Then I will type it all on computer and tighten it up there. That's not always the way it happens, but that's what normal for me.   | | |
Months and months of scribbling into notebooks to figure out what I want to try to write.
I don't really have a process. When I sit down at the computer, "stuff" just seems to come into my head. I seldom think about writing until I'm in front of my computer.
I daydream a lot, and what I write tends to evolve out of an idle fantasy that turns into a linear storyline.
It depends, but I usually mull a book idea around for quite some time in my head. It will keep me up at night and I've been known to keep a pen and paper on my nightstand because pieces of work tend to come to me in dreams.
My creative juices flow when I have an even equilibrium with myself and nature,placed within this helps create a smooth transition into writing, it brings what ever comes forth from my heart and soul. The source emanates from within with my take or my eye that looks within to bring forth to the surface my renderings of what there is to be reflected upon.
My muse comes to me in various forms. I often use music to inspire me. I also like a nice hot cup of tea to sip and get me relaxed and ready to type away.
It depends. Sometimes it is a struggle, sometimes I have such a wonderful idea in my head that I have to put it down.
I do a lot of processing verbally, so I often get inspired to write after talking with people close to me. I can get very passionate about some important connection, revelation, or idea, and I know it will slip away if I don't record it. Sometimes I can't sleep until I get up and write down the thoughts. Other times I just start writing with a vague idea of what I'd like to express and more comes in the process.
Inspiration is my creative process. Something happens in my life, good or bad, and perhaps a title pops into my mind. From there I imagine how music would best fit with the title.
I might be at a restaurant when the title comes to mind and then lyrics. So, I write what I can down on a paper napkin then work on it when I get home.
I listen to the Spirit. I am not a morning person but there are times I am iterally jolted out of sleep hearing words in my head and heart. I have no choice but to get up and write. If I wait too long to act upon the prompting, the thoughts will go away. When I write it's as though I am the hands with the words coming from someone else. I never know what I'm going to write until the piece is completely written. I watch as the topic unfolds and can't believe what I've written when I'm finished. Things are revealed to me as I write, that stem from somethingthat was revealed to me earlier in the article. One thing leads to another and I see how the Spirit has written the entire article. It's amazing to be a part of this process. |
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