Need Inspiration…Head to South Dakota
Every writer needs it…where does your inspiration come from?
My family and I just returned from a week-long vacation exploring the natural wonders of South Dakota (and the not so natural ones, Wall Drug anyone?). We had a blast and I would suggest it as a great place for your family to vacation. But, believe it or not, I do not work for the South Dakota Department of Tourism. Throughout the week, I was inspired by the sites we visited and couldn't wait to start writing.
Every writer has their things that inspire them to write. For me, nature is consistently impressing images on me that I can’t help but want to write about. As primarily a fiction author, I have found this to be a great impetus, but also a daunting challenge. One of the important jobs of a fictional writer is to describe the surroundings in such a way that it allows the reader to be transported to the world you are describing. Maybe it is a fictional world entirely created in the writer’s mind, or maybe it is an actual place, like the Badlands.
As my family and I explored the Badlands, I was in awe. We took in the breathtaking views, like the one pictured above, and my mind almost immediately had thoughts swirling around in it about how to use this view, this backdrop, in a fictional story. But the challenge, as I mentioned…
