I need to be in that sweet
spot that yogis aim for; where they are calm yet poised for action at the same
time. This means I need to have already run in the morning or at least have
done my daily yoga, in addition to at least a 10 minute meditation in addition
to my three daily Morning Pages. Then I'm ready to commit to the page. I need
to have a situation in a character's life that needs resolution. Sometimes I
will meditate/trance and "channel" the character, in order to write
from their point of view. I often get my best ideas while meditating (and yes,
I try to write a word or two down so I can remember later) or while running,
where a scene will work itself out in my head like a movie. Nature and periods
of idling provide my best inspiration; providing the "fertile ground"
for my imagination to tend.
What do I do when I have writer’s
block?
I paint, just like Henry Miller did!
For an eye-opening article about this famous author's foray into visual art,
see https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/01...
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