Get writing: And now for something completely different
Step back to see things differently and reinvigorate your writing, says Janet Rogers
Look at life differently and reawaken your senses. As a writer you may not travel, wander or get out much and that’s fine if your imagination is working on full charge. But there are times when you need to give yourself a jolt, see things in a different light, use fresh eyes.
I had that experience recently. I’m not suggesting that you try this but it is a good way of illustrating what I mean. We had a problem with our chimney and the builders came and put up scaffolding and ladders. After they’d left on that first day, I climbed the ladders and eventually ended up on a little platform next to the chimney.
And although I had lived in the same house for more than thirty years, I looked down and felt I was in a different place. I was up among the tree tops with the wind swirling round me in an uninterrupted flow.