Reviews for Inspiration in the Creative Writing Process

Reviews For: Inspiration in the Creative Writing Process

skylines 2006-05-29 ch 1,	abuseI completetly agree. Except for the part about what you have to say being more important than how you say it. For me, the vocabulary and style are just as important. Thats about all the CC I can give. Overall this is excellent.
Sunami Silverblade 2005-12-21 ch 1, anon.	abuse"Perhaps that’s what sets off the writers from the rest of the human population. Writers view the world through a lens of critical artistic analysis. They’re always searching for a colorful new thread to add to their tapestries; looking for more tinsel with which to top their Christmas trees; they’re constantly raking through the flow of mundane occurrences for bright, novel ideas with which to jump-start a project. Writers are seekers. Their creative minds are open like flowers, constantly seeking the dew of inspiration they need in order to stay, well, creative." Yes, yes. We are observers, seekers, recorders.Very true. :) Nice work! --Sunami
Cindy Moon 2005-04-25 ch 1,	abuseLet me guess, lit. portfolio? ^^ Kudos to you! It's inspired me!-Cindy Moon *)
Niyona 2005-04-21 ch 1, anon.	abuseI'd have to disagree with you on the point of the subject being more important than the way things are said. Art is all about saying something in a way it hasn't been experienced before. For example, think about the Mona Lisa. An ordinary woman as the subject of Da Vinci's masterpiece, yet it remains coveted as the masterpiece it is. It is the hand or mind of the artist that leaves people in awe hundreds of years later, not the subject that was portrayed. Masterpieces in literature are those where every word has meaning, because each one fits the sentence, the paragraph, the story, exactly. I’ve fallen in love with many an epic tale for this exact reason.Not to say that the entire essay is a lie – what you mentioned about inspiration being sparse and selective, yet in every living thought has more than a grain of truth to it. I would just apply inspiration to the telling of the tale as well as to its creation.That being said, your essay is wonderful. Though the subject doesn’t sit well with me, the diction more than makes up for it; the metaphors and imagery leave me with a feast to sit and chew on, even when the accuracy seems to be lacking. And there you have it: the “what you have to say” has been outweighed by the “how you said it,” and this time, it’s to your advantage.
K. Francesco 2005-04-21 ch 1,	abuseI think I get your point, in its idealistic sort of way, but I don't think I can fully agree. Yes, the idea is very important. However, if you cannot learn to write in such a way that clearly articulates the idea then you might as well just keep the writing for yourself and not share it. The technicalities of writing are, in my humble opinion, much more important than the idea. A crappy idea can be made better by brilliant speech, but a good idea is made null by idiotic uses of the written word. Secondly, no, it doesn't matter what other people think. That is, only if you keep the writing to yourself. However, when you put something up for others' inspection, you are by the very action wanting to make an imprint. You are saying that you want others to see it, you are giving them the right to critique it-- it is no longer just about the ideas or the inspiration. It is about how good overall the piece of work is. I don't know if I'm being very cohesive (I hope I am) (I seem to be saying 'cohesive' a lot lately. . .), but art-literary or otherwise-is about presentation as much as content. After all, a scribble is near impossible to take seriously. But I can guarantee you that when a person takes the time to make their art worthwhile, people will take it seriously (at least initially). I think I just repeated myself several times. Sorry about that. . . Kat
Figure Chan 2005-04-20 ch 1,	abuseAnd there I was, thinking you'd tell me how to get inspiration... sigh you're stating the obvious a little too much in this essay. Maybe it's just obvious for me though, so I dunno.

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