Monday 1 June 2015

Why Pinterest reinvigorated my writing

So, recently, I started using Pinterest again. I'd used it a little bit before and liked the idea. But I'd never used it for my writing. I knew friends who did, and I didn't think that it would work for me. But then something, I can't remember what now, prompted it. I think I thought that I should look up some pictures as a guide for my Scottish island story. And so I thought of Pinterest, and just like that I was hooked.

So now I've created boards for all my projects, and scroll through them before I start writing, in order to take me back to that place. In a way, because I'm working on several different things at once, it helps me get back into that frame of mind and to the right place.

So I'm now a huge fan of Pinterest and using it for writing, in a way that I hadn't thought I would be. It's a great way to find inspiration and ideas - from landscapes to character outfits. I'm a very visual person and I see things like films in my head, if that makes sense, so of course it makes sense that it works for me.

Does anyone else use Pinterest for writing inspiration?

3 comments:

  1. I don't use Pintrest, though I do have an account, instead I use WeHeartIt, which has a very similar feel but I prefer it for some reason. Do you have a link to your boards? I'd love to see :)

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    1. Ah I thought I remembered you saying you used something like Pinterest, but I couldn't remember what! I'll have to check that one out, I haven't looked at it. Yes! Will find a link.

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    2. https://www.pinterest.com/sophie_reid3/ :) I did start some for my other stories, but they're not all public at the moment.

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