Listen "4.7b 'Landscape as Character' Writing Prompt for my Interview with Ben Myers"
Episode Synopsis
In this writing prompt, I read a short extract of Ben's latest novel, The Perfect Golden Circle (pg 28) to get our creative juices flowing. This prompt is all about seeing and feeling the heartbeat of the landscape around you - whether that's hills and mountains, the sea, or even a concrete jungle. Nature is everywhere, sometimes we just need to look a little harder to find it.
A few idea to get you started:
Choose one aspect of nature, find something seemingly unrelated and connect them - perhaps, as in the extract 'the outlying hills are charcoal smears' - as if blended by an artist's hand; perhaps the crest of that wave reminds you of the candy floss you ate at the fair when you were five. Maybe the bees don't buzz but hum a song to which only they know the tune. Find the pulse in what's around you and think about how this particulate landscape can play a part in your creative work, a part that is wise, joyful, or even mischievous.
Let me know how you get on if you use this one and enjoy!
Happy creating!
Helen x
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A few idea to get you started:
Choose one aspect of nature, find something seemingly unrelated and connect them - perhaps, as in the extract 'the outlying hills are charcoal smears' - as if blended by an artist's hand; perhaps the crest of that wave reminds you of the candy floss you ate at the fair when you were five. Maybe the bees don't buzz but hum a song to which only they know the tune. Find the pulse in what's around you and think about how this particulate landscape can play a part in your creative work, a part that is wise, joyful, or even mischievous.
Let me know how you get on if you use this one and enjoy!
Happy creating!
Helen x
www.instagram.com/prompted.by.nature
www.twitter.com/promptedxnature
www.promptedbynature.co.uk
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