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Author Craft / Re: Where does the inspiration come from?
« on: August 09, 2013, 12:42:38 AM »
Yeah, good idea for plots. But I never liked his work. Not a single space ship, actively employed wizard or other believable supernatural or other worldly character in sight!   ::)

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Author Craft / Re: Where does the inspiration come from?
« on: August 08, 2013, 11:58:05 PM »
Thanks for your reply, Ulfgeir. I like the idea of the D&D meets the wild west! 
I always assume that authors get inspiration in big bucket loads, such as Jim with Dresden; one brilliant idea that blossoms into a series of great stories.  Although I'm sure it wasn't anything like as easy.
Sometimes I get ideas of words or sentences in my head, maybe a description of a place, a person, an event, but it's always just a few lines long.  Maybe as you say it's a case of writing around something small lots of times and seeing if any of the ideas lead anywhere.  I've had lots of little snippets over the years.  I think I'll just start writing them down, without any particular order or subject just to see if anything comes together after a while.

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Author Craft / Where does the inspiration come from?
« on: August 08, 2013, 11:13:16 PM »
I would LOVE to write a story, whether a full length novel or a short story. But I have NO INSPIRATION whatsoever.

Which is kind of okay, thankfully I earn money by doing very boring professional services stuff for clients.  A lot of my time is spent writing, reports and letters for the most part for clients, though I'm currently working on a book about tax (I know, tax, yawn!).

Thing is that I really enjoy the process of writing.  When I have an idea in my head, I love to write it down and see how it looks. Of course it's easy when it's about something like tax.  The subject itself is very dry but I'm on a mission to explain the subject to people in a more accessible manner, lots of practical examples and how it applies to different businesses.  So when I come up with a new idea for explaining something difficult in easier terms, I actually get quite excited!

Oh I need to get out more....

But anyway brings me back to my question: where do fiction writers get their ideas from?  I'm a middle aged woman and have never had an original idea in my life!  I've been reading the posts on the Author Craft board on and off for hte last few months and I'm amazed by the ideas people come up with and their fantastic ideas for plots and characters, but I just can't EVER come up with stuff like this for myself.  I really admire Jim and all the wonderful story writers out there for their wonderful creations.

Anyway I'd love some suggestions or even just a bit of that magic to help me get started. And for all of you who post here, I'm sort of in awe at your creativity.

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DF Books / Re: Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?
« on: October 26, 2012, 02:21:58 PM »
And I really enjoyed the show, I thought that Paul Blackthorne was very well cast, even after I read the books.  Murphy wasn't the right casting, though the actress was pretty good in the role despite being the wrong shape, size and colouring - can't remember her name - but i did like the Butters actor.
Also, I loved the idea of casting Bob as a "person".  The skull might not have worked so well as a character had it been left as a voice.  The actor really had the right approach to Bob's personality.
And for all the people who criticised the show, the simple point is that for many of us, it was our first foray into Dresden's world and Jim Butcher's wonderful books.  I would have loved to see more series, especially now that the whole series of books has grown and there are so many great stories that would work on TV.

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GS Book Club / Re: Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
« on: April 09, 2012, 03:37:01 PM »
Wow! This is a long thread!  I thought it would be interesting to read all of the theories from the first post but lost the will to live about page 10 - not because it was boring but simply because I couldn't keep up with all the different theories and follow the voluminous amounts of responses etc.  Any chance that some of the theories could have their own thread - eg "is Dumorne really Cowl" or "what were teh 7 words Lash said to Harry"?  Looks as though it will be a bit of a wait until the next installment (showing as due out in Jan 2013 on Amazon UK!) so I guess we've got a bit of time to discuss it all!

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