Hello hello! This is the writeblr library's librarian with some questions. You can choose to do question one, question two, or both! (and there's no time limit btw <3) Have fun!
-will be reblogged onto the writeblr library
What inspired your WIP? Was it another piece of media? Multiple pieces of media? A certain genre? Tropes? Parts of your life? A hyper-specific random thing?
What environment gives you the best ideas for your WIP? Do you have a playlist? Do you go for a walk? Do you get ideas at 3am and have to write them down NOW otherwise they disappear? Do you write anywhere and anywhere? What gets you in the mood to write?
Hiya! Since is for the Writeblr Library I'm going to be answering for Midnight Madness (as so far it's the only one I've added to the library)
For Question#2, the best environment for ideas is...literally anywhere, lol. I can be doing almost anything and then suddenly IDEA. I can be reading. I can be playing a game. I can be staring at the wall. I DO have a playlist I've been trying to curate primarily around the characters themselves, as music will often help me. Sometimes the songs themselves give me the idea.
And it's funny you should mention 3AM as, as it stands, Midnight Madness was called that because I think it was going on 2AM and I couldn't sleep, got an idea, and decided to write it down. It became a snippet that got some attention, which encouraged me to flesh out the whys and hows behind the moment itself (which was also primed by a song on repeat). That led to fleshing out Lyra as a character and I'm...still working on the rest of it, lol.
I actually have specific spots to write. I've got one setup in my room, and one in the living room by the front windows. The one in my room is sort of a catch-all space for anything on the computer, while the one in the living room is specifically set up for working on writing.
And as for mood, I really have no idea anymore lol. Things that help, tho, are the right music (usually loud enough in my ears to drown out noise from the mental "literary critics" room), the scent and taste of coffee, and oftentimes burning some incense. Also helps when it's nice enough outside that I can open the windows. Ahhh fresh air.
But most times getting into the mood to write isn't the issue. It's figuring out which project I want to work on, what it needs, if I can give it attention, and of course, where I want to start on the scene I've just sat down to write.
