E.M.’s Sunday Ramble Prompt #12

Welcome back to the next Sunday Ramble. For those that are just joining us, the Sunday Ramble Prompt will be based upon a certain topic. I will ask five questions about that topic, and you can ramble on however you wish. This post will be scheduled for 5 a.m. PST (California Time) every Sunday.

Today is the day I watch Super Bowl LVI, so responses may be delayed until Monday (Valentine’s Day). Go Bengals! Boo the Rams! 🏈🏈🏈🏆🐅🐯

Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s “Would You Rather?” Some of them were pretty hard to choose from, but please know that you can always interpret your questions however you wish to. You can ramble about, choose both, or choose none on the topics and questions 🙂 There is never a restriction with me.

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This week’s topic is “Creativity & Imagination?“.

Here are the questions:

1. When did you first discover your love of writing?
2. Would you say that you found your imagination at a young age or when you became older? If you want to, share something you discovered with your imagination. (Be sure to copyright your post 🙂 )
3. What is your favorite genre to write about? (Example: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, True Crime, etc.)
4. Do you ever get “writer’s block”? If so, do you have a reason of why it happens?
5. Can you tell me something that I do not know that you do not mind sharing about your style of writing?

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Please visit your fellow bloggers to see their rambles. It’s a nice way to get to know them *smiles*

I hope you all enjoy this week’s ramble about your love of writing and creativity.

Here are my answers:

My love of writing came when I was in the 6th grade (however old that is), and it started with poetry and has graduated to short stories and novels.

I would guess that it is a young age to find my imagination, but I actually found that before 6th-grade due to reading “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis, and it was triggered again by Judy Blume books that I enjoyed reading. I would get inside of my grandmother’s metal wardrobe on the front porch and pretend the back opened up into Narnia. I would fall asleep in there pretending to be somewhere better than here. I was a very difficult child, and I had to use my imagination frequently because I was so odd to be around. I still am really.

My favorite genre is True Crime and/or Fictional Mystery. I also enjoy writing Fantasy. I want to write something about vampires that has never been written before, and I also want to write a memoir of my life.

I have gotten a block while writing before. I have another novel that I started writing years ago that I got stumped on. It’s fantasy fiction. The reason for writer’s block, in my opinion, is disinterest. You already reach that climax of your story and cannot top it. If it comes to writing a second book, I think you have to plan it during the first. For example, I have already developed my characters with the novel that I am writing about Sebastian’s family and friends. (Thanks again to Fandango for the photograph that inspired this story. I am near finished with it.)

I write on paper the brainstorming that I have in my head, and then I incorporate it with the inspiration from prompts to write my novel. If you were to see my desk, it’s a hot mess right now due to writing my manuscript for The Secrets We Keep (Sebastian’s Story). As for style, I tend to lean on fiction inspired by true crime and real places that I have been to and seen before. I suck at planning the novel out before writing, but I am taking a few courses to help me with that.

If there is anything else you ever want to know about me, I am a pretty good open book…for the most part.

xoxo, E.M.

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