I think that someone mentioned dreams as being inspirations. I always had trouble writing about battles too, but not so much anymore. As completely ridiculous as this sounds, I always seem to have the most maddening great dreams just before the full moon. I received enough material to write several new chapters on my novel from one week of dreams that completely blew my mind. I wondered where they came from because there was no way that I could ever have invented such poignantly beautiful threads by myself.
About the bullying: I often find that when bad stuff like that happens, it gives my imagination a major jump-start. My story characters are channels for my emotions and the lessons and truths that I learn the hard way.
P.S. Can anyone give me the address of a really good site that I can share my ideas on? Tolkien's Inklings made me so envious, and I really need someplace to spill my literary work outside of the Barrowdowns.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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