Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Oct. 22nd, 2021 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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superhero_muses--Where do you find inspiration? Books/Movies, music, aesthetics, people/places?
Besides the obvious inspiration of the canon for fanfic, I've been known to lift plot structures from things like Hardy Boy mysteries or Regency romances as a starting point! They tend to get changed a lot in the process of changing the characters to superheroes, but it can be a really handy thing to get the ball moving.
I hope all is going well with you and your writing! I have to tackle a set of non-fiction pieces but I haven't had the time to focus on them, and canon is being distinctly un-inspiring right now (not comic book canon, which is actually pretty great!) so it's not a very productive time... Hope it's better for you!
Besides the obvious inspiration of the canon for fanfic, I've been known to lift plot structures from things like Hardy Boy mysteries or Regency romances as a starting point! They tend to get changed a lot in the process of changing the characters to superheroes, but it can be a really handy thing to get the ball moving.
I hope all is going well with you and your writing! I have to tackle a set of non-fiction pieces but I haven't had the time to focus on them, and canon is being distinctly un-inspiring right now (not comic book canon, which is actually pretty great!) so it's not a very productive time... Hope it's better for you!
