I have discovered an amazing thing since I began writing, other than my grammar needed a hell of a polish up! I am seeing and hearing and even tasting the world in a very different way.
Inspiration is EVERYWHERE. Seriously, I see a lady in the local shopping centre with thigh high stiletto boots and BAM, there is my lead female demon for Awaken. I have tea and scones with my sister at a little tea house called Miss Marples in the Dandenong Ranges and there was the place my protagonist had a part time job.
The one thing that really gets my head in a spin though is music. Now I don’t at all profess to being an aficionado of music at all, but I know what I like and I like music that hits me in the guts, apart from ABBA which just makes me want to dance and embarrass my kids! A good emotive song has visions of characters in various scenes popping into my head quicker than if I sat at the pc trying to just imagine it up out of thin air. In fact, one of the first ideas I had for Awaken was inspired by Guy Sebastians’ Battle scars. Every time I heard this song I imagined battle weary angels and it all went from there. Thanks Guy! Since then I’ve adored ‘Demons’ by Imagine dragons which has been on repeat endlessly, and more recently Adele’s’ ‘Hello’. I really love this song and I have a very specific scene I’m going to write for the sequel to Awaken because of it.
Inspirations is everywhere. Look around you, not just if you write, but for anything. The world is amazing when you allow it to be.