Sometimes, a getaway can be inspirational.
We all get the doldrums from time-to-time, or the desire to just get out and soak up the warm weather while it’s here. Here’s a tip for successful writers: do it.
Not every day, certainly; and not too frequently. But do it.
But here’s how it can be productive time for you: don’t go anyplace familiar or ordinary. Do a little research and find someplace to go that you’ve never been before.
It doesn’t require a huge budget or even time off from your day job to pull this off, either. Wherever you live, there’s probably scads of places you’ve never taken the time to experience that someone five states away would love to visit and is planning a vacation around right now.
For example, I grew up in southern Minnesota. A more arid, flat, uninteresting piece of land would be hard to find, at first glance.
Yet here are some things that are available in that area, only some of which I took the time to visit while I lived there:
1) The Mystery Cave
2) The Spam Museum
3) Niagara Cave
4) Mower County Historical Society
5) Audubon Science Center
6) Storylady Doll and Toy Museum
7) Albert Lea Aquatic Center
Bayside Skiers
9) Griebrock’s Toy Tractor Farm
10) Pelican Breeze Cruise Boat
OK… suddenly I’m a bit homesick. You get the point? Even browsing an obscure antiques shop you’ve never walked into, or staying at a local bed and breakfast just to see your old hometown from an outsider’s perspective can serve as a creative spark that could inspire your next story.
