 For Authors: March 05, 2025 Issue [#13015] |
This week: Inspiration Edited by: Quilli โ  
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"Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on."
~ Louis LโAmour
"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."
~ Anne Frank
"I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"A bird doesnโt sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song."
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There are many ways to find inspiration to help us start writing or overcome a block. This week, we will go over a few ideas, and I'd love to hear from you with your ideas, too! To leave your feedback, send me a note via the comment section below.
 Reading
I know, that seems obvious, right? What I'm suggesting is that you should expose yourself to new ideas and techniques by reading a variety of genres and writing styles. Doing this could inspire you to try a new technique or inspire new ideas.
Location, location, location
Do you usually sit at your desk and gaze out the window? To change your view, try heading out for a walk. You can also go to a coffee shop or diner and people-watch or eavesdrop. Pay attention to mannerisms, how folks dress, body language, etc. Trying different writing locations can spark new ideas.
Personal Experiences
Think about your life and experiences, things you may have wanted to do differently or again. How would you do these things differently?
Writing Prompts
Writing prompts can give your writing a jumpstart. Instead of taking a word (or words) at the standard definitions, grab a dictionary and look up other meanings or explore the etymology of a word.
Visit a Museum/Art Gallery
Many art forms, such as paintings, photographs, and sculptures, can be inspirational. Take it a step further by learning a bit about the artist.
Edit/Rewrite
Take one of your old pieces and rewrite it from a different perspective. Change the outcome, consider alternate what-ifs.
Have you tried any of these ideas, or have any of your own that have been successful? Tell me about it!
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Comments from my last For Authors Newsletter, "The Curiosity Of Idioms"
Quick-Quill  wrote:
"An African Idiom we use just for fun is Sweating like a Christmas Goat."
*biglaugh* I'm guessing goat is Christmas fare in Africa.
Ichabod Crane-writing-reading.  wrote:
"When I use or hear something like that, it helps to clarify the scene sometimes. That is assuming the reader understands the idiom. And thank you for listing my story "The Typewriter Talks"."
Very true, it helps to understand the idiom.
JCosmos  wrote:
"Great list. Korean is a language filled with idiomatic expressions. Here are some of them. A few translate well, and a few require some cultural context to understand.
Don't eat your kimchi soup before you cook it.
๋ฏธ๋ฆฌ ๊น์นซ๊ตญ๋ถํฐ ๋ง์์ง ๋ง๋ผ
Miri gimchit-gukbuteo masiji mala
To catch two rabbits at once. (To kill two birds with one stone.)
๋ ๋ง๋ฆฌ ํ ๋ผ๋ฅผ ์ก๋ค
Du mari tokireul japda
Even monkeys fall from trees. (Everyone makes mistakes.)
์์ญ์ด๋ ๋๋ฌด์์ ๋จ์ด์ง๋ค
Wonsung-ido namueseo tteoreojinda
Spilt water cannot be collected. (What's done is done.)
์์ง๋ฌ์ง ๋ฌผ์ ์ฃผ์ ๋ด์ ์ ์๋ค
Eopjilleojin mureun jwoowa dameul su eopda
When whales fight, the shrimp's back is broken. (Small people suffer in conflicts of the powerful.)
๊ณ ๋ ์ธ์์ ์์ฐ ๋ฑ ํฐ์ง๋ค
Gorae ssaueme saeu deung teojinda
often used to describe South Korea located between Russia, China, Japan and the long arm of the US miltiary not to mention North Korea (which perhaps is another shrimp in this context)
Rice cakes in a picture. (Something you can't have.)
๊ทธ๋ฆผ์ ๋ก
Geurim-ui ddeok
The early bird catches the worm. this translates well
์ผ์ฐ ์ผ์ด๋๋ ์๊ฐ ๋ฒ๋ ๋ฅผ ์ก๋๋ค
Iljjik ireonaneun saega beoraereul jabneunda
After rain, the ground hardens. (Adversity makes you stronger.)
๋น ์จ ๋ค์ ๋
์ด ๊ตณ์ด์ง๋ค
Bi ondwie ttangi gujeojinda
A frog in a well. (A person with limited knowledge.)
์ฐ๋ฌผ ์ ๊ฐ๊ตฌ๋ฆฌ
Umul an gaeguri
A cat's dreaming of fish. (Desiring something you can't have.) I like this one
๊ณ ์์ด ์ฅ ์๊ฐํ๋ค
Goyangi jwi saengakada"
Thanks for sharing these interesting idioms. As with many languages, some things get lost in translation. It's the same with jokes in a foreign language.
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