Wattmag Issue #9

Location, Location, Location

 Close your eyes and picture your favorite place in the world. Have you imagined it? Good, because you're going to need that place! This post is all about writing locations. Now, this may mean the landscape of a place or writing from personal experience. It's a wonderful thing.

The picture you see here is one I took in January when I visited Culloden Battlefield in Inverness, Scotland. Now, it doesn't seem to be much, but it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited. I know I'm never going to write about that specific place because it's already been done. But being in this place, I could feel the inspiration radiating off of it. I wanted to write a story based in Scotland so bad.

This is the infamous Loch Ness. Doesn't look like much, right? I didn't really appreciate being there at the time because I was tired and car sick, but hey, I made it to Loch Ness! And no, I didn't see the Loch Ness Monster. But standing on the side of the road next to the Loch, it made me think of all the stories that have been inspired by the legends that took place here.

I think what was most inspiring about this place in particular wasn't the Loch itself, but rather, it was the low clouds and the rolling hills in the background. This place made me want to write a story about a fisherman; almost like Old Man and the Sea.... Already been done. But the point still stands, the places you are inspire something within all of us.