Writey Thoughts

[awanderingbard]

Does anyone else have an inspiration folder for their writing? I have a file of photos to help me picture people, places or objects I'm writing about. Like, I have a picture of Miranda's engagement ring, and some cuff links that were almost part of a Sherlock story, and stock photos of children who look like my mental images of Fay, Mal and Graylin, and some dresses that I don't think I even ended up describing, but are still how I picture them to look. Is this something weird, or do other people do this too?

In other completely random news: screw you, Downton Abbey and the British television that you rode in on!

Comments

[guardian-chaos.livejournal.com]

Oh, no no no, you are certainly not. I have not just one "inspiration" folder; I have probably dozens of sub-folders for whatever specific inspiration I'm after. It's more fun this way!

I'd be more surprised to find that anyone who writes doesn't have one of these. o_o

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

My friend once commented that she found it creepy to keep picture of people who remind me of characters, and I was looking for... something the other day, I forget what, and it reminded me of that, so I was curious. It's a good way to get the creative juices flowing, looking through pretty things.