by Melissa Jerez

Created on: May 03, 2009

Your fingers are sprawled out against your keyboard and you're softly biting down on your tongue. You had this amazing idea in your head not too long ago and you've been trying to convey that idea into words for an hour now. Then, something breaks you out of your thought process. You hear trickles coming down against your window. You suddenly take a peek outside and you see big, ominous storm clouds gathering. The clouds are darken with blue and the sky is completely covered. The sun is nowhere in sight, but you think to yourself that if you stepped outside you could still feel its warmth on your skin. So you decide to step out for a second, to feel the first pours of the storm hit. You sit there, outside of your patio or your apartment building, and wait. As the rain hits and comes pouring down, you feel the sensation of it on your skin. Your hair becomes wet and so do you in a couple of minutes.

You're suddenly hit with a creativity you never knew before. You walk back inside, sit down on your chair after toweling off, and sprawl your fingers out against the keyboard. As lightning strikes so does your fingertips against the keyboard. Jotting down all the magnificent ideas that are now overpowering your head. You begin to write stories and descriptions of things, things you didn't even know you could describe.

The weather has that affect on people, especially creative ones. A rainy day can be just as powerful as a warm, sunny day for a writer. A rainy or cloudy day can help manifest writing musings of doom and gloom, sadness and helplessness. Whereas a warm sunny day can manifest writing musings of hope and happiness, warmth and love. Those warm, rare days of winter can manifest ideas of courage to survive even in the coldest of conditions. When you're a writer, anything can be yours to use with imagination, even a stormy night. The thunder and lightening can symbolize an inner and outer struggle, a tumultuous path taken by your protagonist. The cool summer breeze can symbolize a sense of easiness whereas a cool breeze on a summer's day can symbolize content and calmness.

Personally, I think using the weather for inspiration is a great idea. You can convey things easier with the way the day is set. It can even affect a person's mood. So if it's rainy outside and you're looking to write something compelling, give it a try! If it's warm and pretty out and you feel like writing something easygoing but loving, go right ahead. With inspiration, anything can come to you in either a blink of an eye, or a turn of a day.

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