Comments on: Inspiration

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:56:41 +0000

Jonathan: That’s cool. I spend a lot of time, I think, just priming myself to have those moments. It’s hard to have those moments *directly* sometimes. In terms of, you have to kind of distract yourself from the story or novel, and then, when it’s out of your mind, when you’ve released it, it comes back to you.

By: Channelling Words « M H Ayinde

Channelling Words « M H Ayinde — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:20:16 +0000

[...] Jump to Comments There’s a brilliant explanation of the act of creating fiction here, on Jeff VanderMeer’s blog. I just love this post, and I found the following particularly [...]

By: Jonathan Wood

Jonathan Wood — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:01:05 +0000

There’s been a lot of slogging for me lately. Mostly because I’ve been in editing mode. But then I was just finishing up a short the other day on the train home and I had one of those moments, when your just desperately trying to channel it before it escapes you. I had to sit in my car for 5 minutes typing before I went home just so I wouldn’t lose it. And that, right there, is definitely my crack juice. I’ve got to imagine that it’s a little like lucid dreaming. That’s the only thing i can possibly compare it to. Because I’m right there and I wish I knew short-hand because it’s happening before my eyes, and I’m feeling it, and I just desperately want to capture it, crystallize it, just get it on paper so other people can see just how fucking exciting that moment is.

Of course, then I reread it and, well… but in the moment: yes. Definitely yes.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:00:51 +0000

I love the moment when the ending of a story comes. When it just… arises. Especially after I’ve just about given up on the story. That renews my faith.

Physical pleasure: Writing with a fountain pen, for the smooth feel of it and my crappy writing looking artistic. Typing when I’ve just cut my fingernails so it’s just the pads of my fingers on the keys.