Not long ago I had a conversation with a
writer friend (I’m looking at you, Heather Petty) about the book I’m
currently revising. Okay, mostly it was me despairing about my ongoing
revisions and her listening patiently. And then she said this:
“If you are slogging through the writing,
it will read like slog. You need to find the fun again.”
A few weeks later I stumbled across a
post on author Jennifer Crusie's blog in which she described using
collage to brainstorm her books.
As a costume designer, part of my process
included creating a concept board (also known as a mood board, inspiration
board or design board)- a collage of images and fabrics that could be used to
communicate my design ideas/concept to the rest of the production team.
