If this is what stops you don’t be discouraged there are many ways to find inspiration. As much as you can, take what inspires you and make it your own. Taking themes or plots from previously successful stories can sometimes be the beginning of the road to rejection, you really need to draw on your own imagination as much as you can. You will get better at this with time and continued effort.

The important thing to remember is not to allow yourself to get discouraged, that serves no one. If you’re really having a hard time coming up with ideas take some time out, call it your Inspiration Time, go for a walk in the park or the beach, meditate or do whatever it is that relaxes you. Ideas go out you have to give them some ground to come in, relax your mind, don’t stress.

Creating a fertile mind that is open to recieving inspiration is your first step, it will allow you to see all the opportunities for stories around you. Sure you may repeat old themes or ideas but they will have a uniquely ‘you’ slant to them, you will begin to develop your own writers voice.

With the foundations above you have some tools that will allow inspiration to work for you. So now you just need to get active in looking just as you go about your day with notepad and pen handy jot down ideas as you see them. Like a detective you are on a mission, there a clues all around you find them and build on them.

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Moisturising Bath Salts

Ingredients

• 200g or 1 cup sodium carbonate (available in health food stores or supermarkets.
• 2 – 3 drops of lavender oil
• 2 – 3 drops of sandalwood oil
• 2 – 3 drops your choice of natural food colour
• 2 drops of vitamin E oil
• 2 drops of evening primrose oil

You need to mix all the ingredients together in a jar secure with lid and shake well. About one dessert spoon is plenty in the bath.

Use a decorative jar and add some ribbons to make a lovely gift.

Bubble Bath

Ingredients

• 1 cup of pure soap -  flakes finely grated sunlight soap is fine.
• 1 litre of boiling water
• 50ml grape seed oil
• 100ml rosewater

Mix soap flakes and boiling water in a bowl until flakes have dissolved.Pour grape seed oil and rosewater into a jar, secure lid and shake well.

Adding witch hazel a little at a time will thin the mixture down if needed. Pour into plastic bottles for children if desired.

Warm Colours

Warm colours are reds, pinks, oranges and yellows remember them easily by connecting them with the sun or fire light.  They range from hot colours, like rich red, golden yellow, spicy orange and russet to softer warm shades like primrose, peach, pink and beige and white tinted with any warm colours. Yellow is the most cheerful colour, research has shown that a persons mood will  be uplifted in a yellow room.

Very strong colours can be a bit over powering so use them with care, earthy or muted shades, natural colours like clay, firelight or dried flowers, work well in many situations. Terracotta and rosy pink colours feel cosy and warm even when its cold. Add well stuffed sofas, rugs lamps and other comfortable accessories to your room and you will have created a very inviting space.

Cool Colours

Cool colours create space and invite a restful feeling, colours of the sea and sky, blues, greens, grey and some bluer purples, white and white with a cool colour tint.

Cool colours are a great choice bathrooms and bedrooms, places for relaxing and rejuvenating. Popular shades of ble and green have had a little warm colour added which makes them softer and more muted. These colours are turquiose, sky blue, sage and olive. Cool colours create a feeling of being colder so use them with care in warmer locations.