Maybe there is some irony here but I intended to write this update last week but I didn’t find the time to write anything.
I have started the SSS course. The first suggestion is about working on your story every day, not necessarily writing but mulling things over and thinking about your story even if you don’t have time to write.
I use a very similar idea as one of my solo playing tips. In between solo gaming sessions mull over what comes next, so when you sit down to play you have a handful of ideas or you have pictured the scene several times and have a really solid vision of the setting.
Anyway, back to the writing course. Their suggestion, or homework, is to create a mood board or playlist for my story. This idea falls completely flat for me. I have never seen a mood board for anything that didn’t look like a complete waste of time. There is absolutely nothing about them that in any way triggers my creative processes. I know I am a bit autistic and I suspect that it is that part of my makeup that is kicking in here.
The playlist is also a failure. I have never liked any kind of music. For me, there is no difference between music and noise. Pianos are my kryptonite! Something about the way piano notes decay puts them in the same class as fingernails on a chalkboard. I own no music, I do not listen to music. I listen to talk radio if I have anything playing at all and I listen to talk podcasts. Mostly, I don’t listen to anything as I find it a distraction. I certainly cannot work with a radio playing in the background.
I failed to create a playlist.
I suspect that this is me…
…and especially this bit.
So, no mood boards and no playlists, but I did create some lists of ideas. I like lists.
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