Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Feeling Creative?

San Diego ComicCon 2013 is over and now I am drooling for the upcoming films and comics that were teased to us for the past weekend. Most exciting--the Man of Steel sequel will be Superman/Batman, and all signs point to a heavy The Dark Knight Returns theme (if not in its entirety, then at least so far as the Sups Vs. Dark Knight story line goes).

What I love best about attending cons, even though I have yet to attend San Diego ComicCon, is the creative inspiration that comes from the energy of those gatherings. The costumes, the panels, the opportunity to find new sources of fandom (i.e., Kaiju Wrestling or new cons like OctopoiCon) all inspire me to get back to my computer/garage/sewing machine and start a new project.

It looks like my friend, Jerry Bennett, has already caught the Creative Spark from the Marvel announcement about Ultron's involvement with the new Avenger's sequel. Check out his fresh take on the character on his Facebook fanpage, The Illustrator Formerly Known as Jerry Bennett .

How do you find your Creative Spark? Drop me a comment and let me know. In the mean time, check out some the things that I've made--The Pirate Bride, a book I wrote with my then 10-year-old daughter, and its sequel, The Lost Crew; some of my prop and costumes at Garage Props on Tumblr.

Creative Spark

I envision this blog to be an opportunity to share my ideas about writing as well as my experiences as a consumer of all thing media, with a bit of opnion thrown in for good measure. I'll try to end each blog with a writing prompt or exercise that might get your writing engine started. So to start with:

List five of your favorite television show/movies. For each one, write out three things that make it unique. Take a step back and sketch out an original "idea pitch" that would include elements from these shows.

1 comment:

  1. Great to see you are getting into the blogging game. Tip: Blog well and blog often.

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