Last week, I had my interview aired on Hope 103.2, it was about writing on the train. Part of the interview is below.
The thing about writing, is where does the inspiration come from, where does concepts, plots, characters start. My imagination is big enough and crazy enough to come up with out of this world ideas, but inspiration for other things comes from what I watch, read and hear. On Friday last week, I went to see 1000s of students perform dance and song routines for the School Spectacular, it was a live performance I haven’t seen since 2019. The choreography was wonderful, the song choices were perfect and the costumes were creative and clever. Where I was sitting, I got to see the singers and the dancers. Closer than I got to see them when I was there in 2019. The thing I did notice was that from side on, you have to look around or move your body to see the big screens they had. This was also filmed to be broadcast later.
Australian’s Got Talent was on this year, they had dancers, singers, musicians, acrobats etc on stage in front of the judges and audience. The thing about BIG groups or dance numbers when they are aired on TV is that the camera cuts to the judges, audience and the dance is continuing. With big dance groups, the cameras focus on areas on the stage that have something happening that the producers call ‘important’
Let’s just say that after the experience I had in Homebush watching a live show, every detail is important. Let’s just say I am inspired by what I saw to make note and write something that will appear in my future novel.
