Inspired by what? by Susan Sanderson
Tools of the trade In the early days of this year contributors to this blog brought us entertainment , information, observations and more. Many have written about books they have read or their own work-in-progress. All of us start with a blank piece of paper or a blank space on a screen. Personally, I prefer to write using Word and then copy my piece into the blog before doing the final edits and revisions. I don’t always remember to update my original document with the final version as a back-up. So how do we decide what to write about? I can only speak for myself, although I am fairly sure that my experience is not completely different from that of other writers. What we read, where we go, what we look at, who we listen to and the memories, which might be triggered by our experiences, can all provide input to our writing. Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books has a wonderful magical device, which allows him to remove irrelevant thoughts from his mind wh...