tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post3091399659975746126..comments2024-01-05T05:50:22.989-05:00Comments on Thoughts in Progress: Guest Blogger, Cassandra JadeSavannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118900505228075022noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-73548598841408494662010-09-15T09:10:04.185-04:002010-09-15T09:10:04.185-04:00This is a thoughtful, uncommon answer to a much-as...This is a thoughtful, uncommon answer to a much-asked question. Nice job.<br /><br />I think a writer's subconscious does things she'll never know about, machinations that spit something out fully formed.Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-28181279835323863422010-09-14T18:13:08.522-04:002010-09-14T18:13:08.522-04:00I also find this a difficult question to answer as...I also find this a difficult question to answer as my ideas come from different places – dreams, overhearing a conversation, seeing something or someone unusual, a news story, etc. They all blend together in my manuscripts.Jane Kennedy Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519340747761460017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-19169932094593878712010-09-14T16:12:49.504-04:002010-09-14T16:12:49.504-04:00I don't know where most of my ideas come from ...I don't know where most of my ideas come from either. They just appear. They're not there, then they are.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-54330170849527352572010-09-14T12:57:42.976-04:002010-09-14T12:57:42.976-04:00How enlightened of you to grasp that so early! I ...How enlightened of you to grasp that so early! I think you're right--for most of us it's hard to identify a particular source BROADLY--I have pieces of stories that are from this dream, or that brainstorm... I think of myself not so much as creative, but as a puzzlemaster--pulling together things in a new way to create a different picture than we've seen before.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-81557121189779179832010-09-14T12:46:33.122-04:002010-09-14T12:46:33.122-04:00Lovely post, Cassandra. Thanks for sharing where y...Lovely post, Cassandra. Thanks for sharing where you get inspiration. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-59667534812547306382010-09-14T12:41:42.701-04:002010-09-14T12:41:42.701-04:00Hey, we get to see a real photo of Cassandra!
The ...Hey, we get to see a real photo of Cassandra!<br />The world is not black and white - it's mostly grey. I like your idea of self-interest motivating the characters.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-5647421967362221262010-09-14T09:33:15.011-04:002010-09-14T09:33:15.011-04:00Great post. Death's Daughter sounds interestin...Great post. Death's Daughter sounds interesting. <br /><br />My ideas come from wherever. I wake up with them sometimes. A couple ideas were spawned just out people watching at Barnes and Noble and the airport. <br /><br />Key is to just be open to ideas and they'll come at you from all directions, I think. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-22941980347912918952010-09-14T09:11:37.889-04:002010-09-14T09:11:37.889-04:00I think my mind has a back room. I send little fra...I think my mind has a back room. I send little fragments back there. Then they mingle, ferment or whatever and a story idea pops out eventually. Kind of like a recipe with a bunch of ingredients that you can't possibly imagine will taste good together and the final dish is one of the best things you have ever tasted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823616282284779390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-16264553603721424652010-09-14T09:04:54.829-04:002010-09-14T09:04:54.829-04:00I've been asked that question a lot. I don'...I've been asked that question a lot. I don't know that I could put my finger on it exactly but they come...oh, do they come! Great interview both Mason and Cassandra.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-37881569399705647802010-09-14T09:01:50.187-04:002010-09-14T09:01:50.187-04:00Thanks for the great post. It's great to hear ...Thanks for the great post. It's great to hear about the experiences of other writers.Lou Belcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456171593130602318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-72607967338655254922010-09-14T07:48:31.655-04:002010-09-14T07:48:31.655-04:00Mason - Thanks for hosting Cassandra.
Cassandra -...Mason - Thanks for hosting Cassandra.<br /><br />Cassandra - Thanks for sharing your own journey to ideas. It's been fascinating reading about your book, too :-). I agree with you that our thoughts and ideas have all sorts of inspiration. Mine are often a combination of things that have happened that I've witnessed (I think writers really are life's voyeurs ;-) ) and things that I imagine. I know that's not putting it clearly, but it's true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-90239794525323116142010-09-14T07:47:09.270-04:002010-09-14T07:47:09.270-04:00Cassandra, thanks for blogging here today. Ideas d...Cassandra, thanks for blogging here today. Ideas do come from all over and from so many different things. Best of luck on your tour.<br /><br />Hi all, thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. I'll try to get by and say hi to everyone but it's going to be a crazy day I can tell already. :)Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-51139674775628634332010-09-14T07:19:24.190-04:002010-09-14T07:19:24.190-04:00My ideas are hitting my brain matter all day every...My ideas are hitting my brain matter all day every day. They come from all directions, people. TV news even a frog on my house.T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-76101310740299448402010-09-14T06:21:10.078-04:002010-09-14T06:21:10.078-04:00Jan - I like your idea of ideas being like a patch...Jan - I like your idea of ideas being like a patchwork quilt. That really is kind of how it happens, taking a piece from here and there and then stitching it all together with a narrative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-1543923614005220662010-09-14T05:57:07.895-04:002010-09-14T05:57:07.895-04:00For me, different elements from real life come tog...For me, different elements from real life come together and that forms the genesis of a story. Why they form a story I don't know. <br /><br />So for example on one day last month I heard a particular song and someone wrote about "games" on their blog. That started a story.LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839870925431989156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-82504762364915785272010-09-14T05:32:49.611-04:002010-09-14T05:32:49.611-04:00It is hard to say where ideas come from. I have ne...It is hard to say where ideas come from. I have never set out to write something from a planned out thought. They just pop in my head. :)<br /><br />Good post, thanks.Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-11861658696817405732010-09-14T05:23:16.578-04:002010-09-14T05:23:16.578-04:00Great post, Cassandra! I'm the same - I've...Great post, Cassandra! I'm the same - I've NO clue where my ideas come from!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582932888892465523.post-42710606374144974312010-09-14T03:49:01.890-04:002010-09-14T03:49:01.890-04:00thanks for your candour, Cassandra. I think my ans...thanks for your candour, Cassandra. I think my answer would be the same. Like a patchwork quilt, you could see the various parts of my fiction as former garments of mine or others but it has become a new thing...Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.com