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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 7h \ on: Unphiltered - Chapter 4 - Cinematic Moments the_stacker_muse
Life gets filled with cinematic moments or moments you watch on tv. It seems like writing would benefit much more from the former than the latter, but I wonder sometimes. I think it is at least true that writing requires people to feel something strong and we often find strong feelings fastest in the lands of adventure.
I'm curious whether you think you could still have been a writer and found success if you'd lived a less obviously adventurous life.
Thanks for the question.
Perhaps my writing would have manifested differently.
Outside of travel, I have always been a keen observer (the 'why' of people's behaviour and why things are funny, sad or moving). I also found music to be a creative release and form of expression (writing songs for 20+ years).
Travel gave my fiction a shot in the arm, but I think how far you go with it very much depends on your mindset.
In a way the 'processing' of events and learning how to convert the feeling of experiences into meaning for others is the key. Everyone does that in their own way, but I find fiction more maleable that other forms.
Have your adventures influenced your work?
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