Writing, for me, has never been a straight road. It’s more like wandering through maze made of books, films, and fragments of ideas that don’t always make sense at first.
When I work on my book, I draw inspiration from everywhere. Movies, novels, even completely different genres that seem unrelated at first glance. I like to read multiple books at the same time. Same focus on structure and the craft of writing, others are classics like Alice in Wonderland or Romeo and Juliet, and then there are the stories that first made me fall in love with storytelling, like Star Wars.
At the beginning, my writing process was chaotic. I jumped from chapter to chapter, trying to capture everything at once. Dreams, random ideas, scenes that felt important but didn’t yet belong anywhere. It was overwhelming, and honestly, confusing.
But over time, something interesting started to happen. The pieces began to connect.
I started recognizing where certain ideas came from and how they could fit together. Without even realizing it, I had borrowed a sense of wonder from Alice in Wonderland for one part of my story. At the same time, I notices parallels with how shows like Stranger Things weave in references to older films and stories.
These influences weren’t planned, but they were there, quietly shaping what I was creating.
That’s when it clicked for me.
Inspiration doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes it hides in the things you love, waiting to resurface when you need it most.
Now, whenever I feel stuck, I don’t force the writing. I return to the stories that inspired me in the first place. I watch, I read, and I let those worlds spark something new again.
Because creativity isn’t about starting from nothing. It’s about connecting the dots you didn’t even know you were collecting.