Having one of those days? Where your creativity seems to be going through a dry spell? Well, I've found that going to the refuge of nonfiction can be just the thing you need to get your creative juices flowing again. (Wow, what a cliche. I must be tired) Anyways, so don't underestimate them. Real life can indeed be way crazier than fiction.
Now the trick to reading nonfiction is read something you're interested in. You don't have to read history books necessarily. For example, I love reading biographies. They offer so much insight into why people are the way they are and how they got to a certain point in their lives. I particularly enjoyed Peg Kehert's autobiography (she's a children's fiction writer). I also read biographies of some of my favorite sports figures and though they don't have nearly the same writing quality as autobiographies written by writers or journalists or well-spoken politicians (and i mean well spoken *cough, cough), sports autobiographies can be just as entertaining. So pick up a biography or autobiography this weekend. You might learn something.
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