The Creative Ignition 3: Road Trips
February 17th, 2010 | Posted by in Screenwriting
There are literally millions of things that can trigger creativity. Each and every person in a creative medium have one or several creative ignitions. I’ve written about a few of my personal sources of inspiration on this blog already.
The Creative Ignition 1: Basketball
The Creative Ignition 2: The Ceiling
Each of these fuel my passion for screenwriting and today’s addition is no different.
Road Trips
There is nothing like getting behind the wheel, putting on your favorite CD and working on your latest project. I look forward to long drives specifically for that reason. On a recent road trip, I ended up completely mapping out a new short film. (I wish I had a laptop or an iPad at that point so I could write it down.)
I finished the first draft yesterday and it came together very easily because I had already visualized the entire story beforehand.
I think long, or even short, trips can provide anyone with a chance to think. I doesn’t only apply to writers. Anyone and everyone have places to work things out in their brains. Sitting behind the wheel is one of the best examples of this.
What’s your creative ignition?
PS: I also sing a lot in vehicles. I’m the next American Idol by the way…
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Since my daily commute is 90 miles round trip, every day is a road trip for me. I create characters, settings, and sometimes truly diabolical no win situations that Jack Bauer, Michael Weston, and MacGuyver cringe about. The only downside is lack of writing equipment. Thankfully on the truly interesting developments I use Dragondictation to send myself an email from what I just dictated.
I think driving helps open up the creative center because your right side mind focuses on driving and your left side, with the aid of white noise from the tires and the road, takes a fantasy trip.
Well said. I downloaded Dragon Dictation myself but haven’t found it as useful yet. I use a program called Outliner and put down notes. Usually this happens on the subways or buses.
Regardless, I try to make the most of the rare road trips I do get.
Last weekend’s trip was extremely productive.