Taking a weekend off from real life by going somewhere else can inject a jolt of energy into the creative process. I visited a college friend for two days, setting my own life's details aside and immersing myself in hers. Listening to her tell stories, meeting the characters in her life, watching the world go by through her car windows, I found some great material for a short story, maybe a novella. (It would only be loosely based on actual people, of course...)
The momentum wave I was riding before the weekend took a little break while I was on my short vacation. But I was constantly thinking about how to apply life's observations to this creative endeavor called writing, and how that might apply to networking to promote my business. That doesn't sound very relaxing, does it? And yet, I came home refreshed and ready to get to work this morning, full of ideas and momentum.
Lesson learned: getting out of town can recharge the batteries.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment