tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196718255906583920.post408945833629904044..comments2023-11-21T02:17:40.432-08:00Comments on Melody Marshall: Writing InspirationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06647785684647451430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196718255906583920.post-12481351795505955282014-06-21T10:33:32.756-07:002014-06-21T10:33:32.756-07:00I honestly don't remember what Hearts was insp...I honestly don't remember what Hearts was inspired by. I do remember, though, that I'd had ideas for a couple of people who get stranded on a desert island, and I wanted to know their story. I had an idea about a girl who was captured to become a bride for a man on a foreign country. (This happened a lot when America was still a colony, actually.) And then I had an idea for a pirate who finds a cursed map and has to find where it leads to break the curse. <br /><br />So, I guess all of those just got mushed together into Hearts/Monsters. <br /><br />For the Sekrit WIP I'm working on now, it was inspired by two things: <br />1) I was watching Sherlock Holmes (the movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law) and a man on fire leaped through a window. So the first line of my WIP came into my head. <br />2) A comment on Tumblr that said something like, "Why do people have pimples? Why can't we grow something useful, like wings?" (Those aren't the exact words, but close enough.) And it got me thinking about people growing wings. <br /><br />So there ya are. =) Katie Buckleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235511655412915701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196718255906583920.post-63091805695335941532014-06-20T09:52:15.620-07:002014-06-20T09:52:15.620-07:00Fun post! I still haven't seen Dr. Who. *hides...Fun post! I still haven't seen Dr. Who. *hides face* But I love the way it inspired Treasure Hunt!<br /><br /> I don't know what my craziest story inspiration was...maybe the space opera I currently have on sub, because it was partly inspired by a Nicki Minaj song. ;)<br /><br />And I rarely involve others in my brainstorming--at least early on--when I'm revising I like to get lots of feedback, but when I'm drafting if I talk or even think too much about a story I feel like it zaps all the mystery and fun out of writing...and then I I never finish. :)Stephanie Garberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418429225626297957noreply@blogger.com