tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post7023963975744828377..comments2024-03-12T05:19:17.262-04:00Comments on Oasis for YA: Whoseewhatsit Thursday: Imaginative PlayJessie Harrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11581727105030086814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post-60738183578007782132012-05-17T12:52:01.979-04:002012-05-17T12:52:01.979-04:00JEM - my best advice is to spend some time browsin...JEM - my best advice is to spend some time browsing DeviantArt in categories that speak to you. Look at the pictures (like this one) that are impossibilities and then ask yourself "what if?"<br />I've heard some other authors get their ideas by using the what if theme and combining something ordinary with something impossible. Again, using the picture above, what if sea creatures flew? Or making it even more mundane, what if my water bottle started floating? How would I react? What would it mean?Jessie Harrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581727105030086814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post-82628535023614891472012-05-17T12:19:27.998-04:002012-05-17T12:19:27.998-04:00Oh, you hit right to the core of my weaknesses. I ...Oh, you hit right to the core of my weaknesses. I am such a pragmatic person in general, my writing is usually concocted of logical rules and procedures (even my fantasy writing). The rules are what ground me and give me safety in the world I'm building. But this is an interesting idea, do you have suggestions of techniques or approaches to start such outlandish thinking :)?JEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043891292719086478noreply@blogger.com