A writer finds inspiration in different places. What comes to mind when I mention The Doors? The music of your parents? Sex? Drugs? Psychedelia? The Old Soldier thinks The Doors are still a hot band. A lot of young people into retro think so, too. For many writers music is an inspiration for writing short stories and [...]
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Try Keeping A Small Notebook In Your Pocket
Some writers keep an e-journal or a paper journal. The journal is full of tidbits and ideas. This doesn’t work for me. What does work for me is a little notebook that fits in the back pocket of my jeans. And I always carry around two ink pens. Then I go about life and forget the notebook. But [...]
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