tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post5064299035878312407..comments2023-06-27T04:18:43.985-07:00Comments on Erin Lange: inspiration confettierinjadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07209791582504174374noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-91950702891804100572011-03-29T08:00:30.915-07:002011-03-29T08:00:30.915-07:00Melanie, i think you should jot down that comment!...Melanie, i think you should jot down that comment! nice writing in there. :D<br /><br />i agree about the ideas that stick. sometimes they're not even the best ideas that pop into my head, but the ones that stick are the only ones *I* can write. and ditto about the "back of the book" blurb. if you can write that in your head, that's a good measure of how developed an idea is. nice example.erinjadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209791582504174374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-27185158686632721392011-03-29T06:03:36.200-07:002011-03-29T06:03:36.200-07:00btw, i'm not a new follower, i'm a re-foll...btw, i'm not a new follower, i'm a re-follower. blogspot got mad at me for disappearing from the blogging world and kicked me off everyone's blog. :-(Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696084321447737813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-9089630321209013702011-03-29T06:01:53.696-07:002011-03-29T06:01:53.696-07:00Great post!
I jot the ideas that I can totally f...Great post! <br /><br />I jot the ideas that I can totally follow through on. Often I'll get an inspiring idea and as I try to work it out in my head, it sort of just loses itself. Kind of like when you suddenly remember a tiny snip of dream you had and know that it was so deep in your conscious that it's the reason you didn't wake up thinking about it and the more you try to remember the dream, the fast it disappears. So those ideas are fleeting, but the ones that stick, that I can start fully plotting in my head or write the back of the book blurb for go in the notebook. I guess my sticking ideas are more like balloons. Sometimes I just get one and the wind comes and I lose my girp on it and watch it float into the sky. Other times I'm actually able to hold onto it and tie it to my wrist :-)Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696084321447737813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-5469013958069550782011-03-28T20:13:03.390-07:002011-03-28T20:13:03.390-07:00i love how we all have different processes, even w...i love how we all have different processes, even when it comes to dealing with new ideas.<br /><br />and thanks so much, EJ! what a compliment. :)erinjadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209791582504174374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-77706932590281222172011-03-28T16:11:55.620-07:002011-03-28T16:11:55.620-07:00You know, I've never heard a better explanatio...You know, I've never heard a better explanation for the 'rabbit chasing' we do when a new idea crops up. It's TOTALLY an escape mechanism! <br /><br />That's probably why I started writing in the first place. (Bored with my 'real' work.) So when my current project gets a tad tedious is it any wonder that I start having fits of inspiration? <br /><br />Seriously brilliant observation, EJ.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273059558675234923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-65058626751997437482011-03-27T06:44:29.613-07:002011-03-27T06:44:29.613-07:00I have a notebook full of my gibberish. If I don&#...I have a notebook full of my gibberish. If I don't have my trusty notebook with me when inspiration hits, I use the notes function on my iPhone. I just can't let anything slip by me ;0)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691495012350829800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-41647167986546378622011-03-25T19:14:57.479-07:002011-03-25T19:14:57.479-07:00I don't write them down, I've usually foun...I don't write them down, I've usually found that if an idea disappears, it either wasn't that good to begin with, or it will come back better and stronger. <br /><br />Mostly I just let the ideas wash around me like water and get back to what I was doing. They'll be back... :)Miriam Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08773194271144793485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-23580646088732604942011-03-24T20:00:07.827-07:002011-03-24T20:00:07.827-07:00I'm a night person, so I get most of my ideas ...I'm a night person, so I get most of my ideas when I'm laying in bed, trying to fall asleep. I keep a notebook by my bed - jotting down keywords, names, etc, helps empty my head. I rarely do anything with them, at least at this stage - but they might creep back up again someday. I like your concept of "confetti" - that's the perfect word for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589928734405169231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954962135021866321.post-90100072149731056782011-03-24T11:46:19.067-07:002011-03-24T11:46:19.067-07:00If I wrote things down AT ALL I'd have tons of...If I wrote things down AT ALL I'd have tons of ideas. The problem is I don't. And then I can't remember the genius. :)Kristine Asselinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257286523945921891noreply@blogger.com