Are you participating in the Insecure Writer's Support Group? If the answer is "No," then I think you should go HERE and sign up. Each month, the Insecure Writer's Support Group gives a bunch of people who sign-up, a platform to talk about writing or writing-related topics. You can choose to do a writing-related blog entry, or you can answer the "Question of the Month." This is what I usually do, and the February "question of the month" is quite interesting.
February 5 question: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?
February 5 question: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?
When I was still in high school, I saw the below picture in a book. The artist was Michael Whelan, and I stared at the scene for a while, conjuring up stories of a world where a city fell from the sky. You never see one like this in fiction, you know? The cities are always flying...never one in ruins and lying upon the earth.
I never finished the story, because it was mostly just uncollected thoughts jotted down in a notebook about a post-apocalyptic world of fantasy, where the survivors could see evidence of a bygone age all around them, in ruins (like this fallen sky city). Knowing what I know now of genres, I'd probably make it a steampunk story were I to revisit this thing.
I think art is a great place to inspire an author to write. We are such visual creatures, aren't we? Thanks for stopping by.
I remember that painting. Michael Whelen knew how to capture an intriguing image. Maybe you should go back to that story idea and try again?
ReplyDeleteMaybe some wizard got drunk and crashed the flying city.
ReplyDeleteI know I've seen something like this somewhere but not the exact same one. Nice one, though! Indeed on being visual creatures. I think I can attest to that, anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great image. And I'm intrigued by the concept of your story. Too bad you didn't finish it, but perhaps it was a good learning experience.
ReplyDeleteI think the image still has potential to inspire a great story, you should do it. The figure tied to the column raises questions too... human sacrifice? I think I should work on being more visual.
ReplyDeleteI can see this pic inspiring a steam punk series.
ReplyDeleteI remember staring at photos in my history book in high school and making up stories in my head. Probably because the teacher was so boring:) I love getting inpsired from photos!
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