Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

Hey, we finished up the list of questions about characters! And I think I'm going to take that opportunity to switch over to questions about writing in general some more, based on a list I found of "questions for writers" that I'll pick and choose from. Starting with:

What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?

Oh, from a fanfic perspective that shifts meaning a bit, and I think you can answer it either way! I've definitely traveled to settings that are important to the characters I love to write in wrestling fandom, both to give me concrete inspiration and just as a pure pilgrimage. Because venues are so important to mood and setting in wrestling, some of them become famous because of years of associations. In fact, the one I most wanted to travel to in Reseda, California, where so many of my OTP's greatest moments happened, just held its last show and I'm in mourning because I'll never get there now.

It's harder with comic books! Both because Metropolis, Gotham, Smallville are so fictional and so distinct, and because the authors rarely have the same sense of place that someone like Shakespeare or Virginia Woolf had. I did deliberately drive across a stretch of Kansas prairie once in honor of Clark...

How about you, what are you working on? I managed to get a fair amount of writing done this week and if I can just find the time to post it, a whole story is finished! I hope things are going well for you!

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

I can't say I've gone on any specific literary pilgrimages but often use places I've visited in my stories, like Boston or Washington, D.C., just to name a few. :) I try and soak up the atmosphere as it might be useful someday, and just for the joy of it. :)

I just saw Avengers 3: Infinity War I and was inspired to write a trilogy of poems. *happy sigh*

[mithen]

I can't say I've gone on any specific literary pilgrimages but often use places I've visited in my stories, like Boston or Washington, D.C., just to name a few. :) I try and soak up the atmosphere as it might be useful someday, and just for the joy of it. :)

Soaking up the atmosphere anywhere I go because I might use it for inspiration someday is definitely a thing! Just looking around and wondering what words I'd use is a fun pasttime...