Newspaper Articles

[Larry Davis]

Quick Question: Do any of you draw inspiration from old and new newspaper articles? 

[Graeme]

Sometimes. My short story Street Life was partly inspired by a newspaper report on the street boys of St. Kilda back in the 80s. I've also had a recent story idea that was inspired by a news report on a recent incident here in Australia (though I'm still not sure if it'll develop into something that will be published -- too many other things on my plate).

 

As an author, I take inspiration from a lot of sources. Newspaper articles are just one of the potential sources.

[Valkyrie]

I've read news articles before and thought of story ideas, although I don't always write them.  One of my antho stories was inspired by an article I read in a magazine.  Like Graeme, I also take inspiration from a variety of sources.  

[Superpride]

On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 8:53 AM, Larry Davis said:

Quick Question: Do any of you draw inspiration from old and new newspaper articles? 

 

I don't personally, but when I took a Creative Fiction Writing class during college I read a short story about a husband who turns into a raven.  The story was inspired by a title from a tabloid magazine and I think the author used the same title for his story.  I thought that was very interesting for the author to take some crazy title and create a short story out of it.