Photo Inspiration for September
Taking location inspiration from real life
Real life doesn't just have to provide inspiration for our characters. It can also feed into the locations we use in our writing. This is the school I attended between the ages of seven and eight years old. This photograph, and more of the interior, was kindly taken by an old school friend. I always loved this building and now it has provided the inspiration for Darkacre School in my novel. Photograph taken by Dan Howard of 500px.com York Minster (from my home town) was the inspiration for the cathedral where Rex Haven's funeral takes place in my novel. Taken from www.rightmove.co.uk The terraces of the South Bank area of York, where I lived for a time, are the streets of the old town in my novel. The details don't have to remain the same - we writers are tailors of imagination after all - but basing our story locations in reality can add a grounding element to our writing that convinces our readers. What real locations have you used in your wr...
I'd like to be on the beach or wearing that ring. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely and provocative photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments.
ReplyDeleteLiked all the photos, but am most drawn to the ripe, succulent berries/fruits. What are they?
ReplyDeleteHave an idea they are hawthorn but not sure.
ReplyDeleteFi-you have quite the eye. I a such a beach person. I grew up on the coast was forced to live in London for six years (OK, I did say I do, so not quite forced) and now I am back on the coast. That is probably my favorite picture.
ReplyDeleteFi - I, too, am drawn to the water like Brenda, living in California, but it was your butterfly that grabbed me, sitting in the sunlight among shadows. I once captured such a moment. A butterfly sitting on the outstretched arm of my 4yr old son. My little toe-head was mesmerized, and so was I as I watched them frozed for a moment in time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda and Nancy. This butterfly or moth (not sure which) just refused to move. Maybe he's a filmstar moth.
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