The era I want to write in has some interesting happenings in the town that I can link into the plot. The railway arrived for one example. Ideal for my POV to expand her world. I have an idea on how she funds the trip by using another event that happens.
John Constable the painter also visited the town and painted the promenade. This created a spark of an idea for me. A conversation and meeting related to my POV and another will introduce this fact. Again sending Elle off on a mission to find out more.
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| This is the scene Elle would be looking at while chatting to a passer-by. She happens to be painting this image and they remark on how John Constable painted the same scene. In her ignorance Elle asks who he was. So starts the journey of her artistic education. |
Samuel Pepys was an MP for Harwich and town resident, Christopher Jones, captained The Mayflower. Neither will be in the era I am writing, but the information might come in useful for dialogue.
Inside my head I have a vision of my character visiting Paris. My research shows Monet alive and studying in Paris around the time period. Oh how my imagination has whipped into a frenzy. To have an artistic POV (not sure how that happened but it did), then to find one of the worlds most famous painters just where I sent her is a wonderful find. Who knows where that snippet of information will lead me!
Please share a few snippets of your inspirational finds.
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I knew the village where I wanted the story set and the research gave me most everything else including a series if I want to go that route.
Wow, that is good Mary. To get enough to see you through a series takes a lot of pressure off the research side.
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I love researching different settings. I think a good setting can add a great deal to a book.
This batch of research has been very rewarding, Susan. I just hope I can do it justice!
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Don't you love it when your mind gets all fired up like that? Yay Glynis! Glad the research is proving inspirational.
I do, Talli! Your trip to Paris triggered the trip for Elle. Not sure why but your pics send me a vivid scene. Love how it is all pulling together.
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Oooh, I can practically feel your inspirational juices flowing!! Enjoy your research!
Yes Jennifer, they are! Hope all is well with you. Thanks for visiting me today.x
O often have inspiration in the shower. No time to write it down. Frustrating when I forget it. Sometimes I jump out and towel off, write the idea down, then get back in the shower.
Stephen, Santa will have to bring you waterproof writing gear! Thanks for dropping by today.
Stephen, Santa will have to bring you waterproof writing gear! Thanks for dropping by today.
You are really moving along!
That's a gorgeous painting Glynis! I came across Kieron Williamson the other day - the little boy who paints! He lives in Norfolk now, but I love his images of Cornwall.
I love finding old paintings that relate to my stories - I find a lot on The Orientalist Gallery blog.
I think some of the best part of writing is doing the research for a story. I only do my short fiction on a blog, but I like to walk outside at night to get a feel for a new story.
Oh, how I love research. Somehow, however, my students look at me like I'm crazy when I try to convince them of the wonders of research.
Joan, I hope so!
Deniz, that boy has talent! I often find a painting inspires a mood for me.
Ratty, I enjoy the research as much as the writing. Good fresh air always helps.
Missed Periods, I was always keen on research at school so would have been your dream pupil. (Except for the grammar part!)
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You must be really enjoying this research, Glynis. This photograph would make a stunning book cover! I love Monet. I need to make time for art and literature as I did when I was much younger. What you are doing is so awesome. The setting is scrumptious. Keep working on this!!
And thank you for being brave and buying my story on Smashwords. I like how they have so many different formats to choose from. And I'm so glad you're liking it. And if you still like it when you finish it, I would love it if you would put up a quick review on Amazon. (I see that it comes there by me, and also Terri Webb, whom I listed as illustrator, not as author. It doesn't come up this way in the book. Amazon is tricky! So next time I'll know!)
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Ann, I have always enjoyed research. It was my strong point at school. This has helped me focus with my writing.
I have finished and will add my review asap. Hi to Jen and thanks for dropping by, I know you are busy with your memoirs. x
Welcome to The Important Ones, Elizabeth! So glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for visiting. :)
I count research as writing. As long as you don't research all the time and never write, it's a part of the process.
I love the painting and I really love the sound of your settings, I feel really drawn in Glynis.
Theresa, yes I suppose I should count research as writing. Yes one must remember to write after accumulating so much information!
Rebecca, so glad you like my idea and settings.
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Hi Glynis .. love the ideas you've presented here and how you allow the choices to appear .. Constable's picture is just amazing .. such ciel clarity .. love it.
It's good and easier I guess to use the landscape your aware of .. have fun in the further research wherever it might lead you .. cheers Hilary
Hi Hilary, yes the picture is lovely. We are so used to seeing his 'famous' pictures we forget there are others. I lived in the area he was famous for and never had a clue he painted my birth town a few miles down the road.
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Excellent post, Glynis. I actually wrote a sequence in my book in progress set in Essex.
I've walked many times through the grounds of one of our late prime minister's homes in the hills near Ottawa here, and it inspired a decision to write an opening scene in a future novel... a murder set among some of the ruins that PM placed on his land.
William, thank you. Ooh, where in Essex? You mean Essex, UK, my birth county?
How fantastic you found inspiration while visiting a prominent person's home. It is surprising where inspiration comes from.
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