a breather :)

So I'm back again after taking a month off to focus on my thesis and oh boy, what a ride it has been! I've never written non-stop for a full week straight, 12pm-2am like clockwork. On a side note, the Lipton tea company must've loved the fact that I avidly consumed their green tea product the whole time; there's nothing like cradling a warm mug of tea and deeply inhaling its comforting scent. I feel like I slip into 'zen' mode whenever that happens :)

Anyway, enough about my weird cravings for green tea, on to business for the day. Let's talk about my weird ways of getting inspiration instead :D

I was walking to work this morning, like I always do unless it's raining buckets or I'm sick in which case tram's the place to be in! It's winter in Melbourne, the sun had yet to show its face and so it was absolutely freezing even though I had two layers of woolen clothing and knee-high boots on. There was this moment where it started to drizzle lightly, so I put up my umbrella and then had to trawl through layers of fallen autumn leaves... and then inspiration whacked me so hard in the face that for a moment I failed to realize it for what it was.

In my yet unwritten Dark Lily, there's a scene about midway where Ashleigh walks in the rain... and until then I had NO idea why I planned to have that scene in there; all I knew was that it was supposed to be this turning-point for her.

When I was walking today however, it struck me as clear as a bell. I don't know how to explain it but I suddenly knew what Ash was supposed to feel because I started feeling it, I knew what she was supposed to think because I started thinking it. Then when I reached work, I snapped right out of it and went back to my normal, right frame of mind. I know, I know, it all sounds incredibly insane!

I don't know whether it's a writer thing but I can, on some days, just sit, stare into space, and let my brain wander away and become a totally different person. Sounds crazy? Wait, I forgot to say, I actually enjoy doing it. So if you think about it, I get all emo in two ways. The first scenario is when I get all emo because of my current life situation and the second scenario is when I get all emo because I've happily cast my brain out to go live in an imaginary character who is supposed to feel emo. Maybe that's why there's a little bit of me in every character that I write, if you look close enough O.o

Yes, I am a weird creature indeed.

Do you have any weird ways of getting inspiration? :D