Maybe a Change of Setting to get my creativity going?

my calendar for the month ahead

I've said this once, and I’ll say it many more times. Artists come in all forms. Being a writer, dancer, painter, musician, playwright, whatever, you are still an artist. The only thing that differs is your canvas, and your tools. After reading the first few chapters of Twyla Tharp, I felt that I became more in touch with my inner artist. She talked about her experiences being a choreographer and the rituals she goes through on a day to day basis. I enjoyed how she talked about ways to get your creativity flowing and how other people she know work best on their forms of art. When she mentioned the writer, only being able to sit outside for him to fully concentrate on his piece, I found it interesting. Location is key. So far, majority if not all of these chapters apply to me, which I think will make this book something I would look forward to reading. It seems to have a self-help book feel to it, without being a self- help book. To further the discussion and our thinking of this book, I can talk about personal experiences and trouble I've had with my own creativity and how I go about working through my ‘bumps in the road’.This year I've decided to get back into the habit of creative writing, and therefore am taking on the challenge of participating in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where you have the entire month of November to write a 50 thousand word novel.  Reading these chapters couldn't have come at a better time, I've learned a few things that I can do to get my creativity going in order to keep me motivated for the month ahead.  I have dabbled with short stories, and that was when I was about 7 or 8. In high school, I broke away from short stories and got caught up in writing poetry. Prompts and topics were never my best friends in the way that they got my ideas going, but instead they hindered them. Only now have I realized that prompts and topics actually work better for me. If I have an idea of what to write, I have a starting point.  I remember a few months ago, I had asked 5 people for prompt ideas that they’d like to read, and I would write them. My main goal was to get back into the habit of creative writing, and while writing these stories, I felt like I was in the zone and my words seemed to flow. This feeling kept me going to write more and more. Those stories I wrote turned out really well in my opinion. And if I can write 5 short stories in a matter of 12 hours, I don’t think I will have a problem writing an entire novel in a month.