Nothing to write about is rubbish. In a local bar two locals. Often seen. Odd to say the least. I can use them as characters. At a bus stop or a cafe characters are there to be used.
I agree with you about the idea of writer's block. You can knock out anything. If you ain't got any ideas for a story, you can get going with a warm up, describe the room you're in, whatever's going through your bone box at the minute, or what you got up to the night before, debauchery, or a cuppa with the cat.
Yeah. I sometimes write strange thoughts, philosophical wonderings, or a scene/situation I witnessed of an afternoon, at the bus stop, down the shops, over the park, or what have you, wherever, whatever, and I nearly always use these sketches and skits in me books and stories at a later time.
A conversation overheard, two old fellas on a bench, a drunk girl squatting to wee behind the bins. It can be imagination or description of real life, and I'd bet on the odds it'll come in handy at some point, but either way, it's good practice anyway, like a sort of sketchbook.
Nothing to write about is rubbish. In a local bar two locals. Often seen. Odd to say the least. I can use them as characters. At a bus stop or a cafe characters are there to be used.
I agree with you about the idea of writer's block. You can knock out anything. If you ain't got any ideas for a story, you can get going with a warm up, describe the room you're in, whatever's going through your bone box at the minute, or what you got up to the night before, debauchery, or a cuppa with the cat.
Absolutely, Rob! No writing is ever wasted.
Yeah. I sometimes write strange thoughts, philosophical wonderings, or a scene/situation I witnessed of an afternoon, at the bus stop, down the shops, over the park, or what have you, wherever, whatever, and I nearly always use these sketches and skits in me books and stories at a later time.
A conversation overheard, two old fellas on a bench, a drunk girl squatting to wee behind the bins. It can be imagination or description of real life, and I'd bet on the odds it'll come in handy at some point, but either way, it's good practice anyway, like a sort of sketchbook.