tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post2445448829433645449..comments2024-01-07T00:48:50.622-08:00Comments on A Writing Life: Can We Exercise Our Imaginations?Durango Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14854000354374970070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3443694176230284387.post-89057717905639214272011-06-23T03:25:40.501-07:002011-06-23T03:25:40.501-07:00I just read the section in James Scott Bell's ...I just read the section in James Scott Bell's <i>Plot and Structure</i> where he gives twenty ways to come up with more ideas, so I definitely think we can train ourselves to be more inspired. It is a combination of something from outside of us and something from within because depending on how deeply we look at and question the world we can take more or less information/ideas from our surroundings. All of which gives me hope: one of my writerly fears is that I'm not imaginative enough so I'm training myself not to shut down any idea and to actively search for ideas.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926811798176739307noreply@blogger.com