Fall Writing Inspiration: Simple Ways to Refresh Your Creative Routine

From Edie: Tammy Karasek shares fall writing inspiration with simple ways to refresh your creative routine, spark new ideas, and rediscover the joy of writing this autumn.

Fall Writing Inspiration: Simple Ways to Refresh Your Creative Routine

by Tammy Karasek @TickledPinkTam

It’s that time of year again. It doesn’t matter if you call it sweater weather or all things pumpkin spice season. It’s fall. No matter where you stand on this change of season and fall’s pseudo name, we writers also need to change with the seasons for various reasons. 

I have a few suggestions of change for you to take advantage of this fall season. If you normally sit at a desk in your office, move to the dining room table or a comfy chair in your den or living room near a window and take it the change outside and it’s beauty. Maybe even grab a quilt and sit out on your porch if the air is getting cooler where you are, and take in the sun and changing colors of the trees as you write. Smell the drier air, listen to the crispness of the leaves as they blow across the yard or sidewalk. Or you may even venture out and find a new-to-you local coffee shop to take in the smells of the annual fall drinks. As mentioned above, Pumpkin spice latte, anyone?

When we write, we tend to create the same way each time we sit down to pour words onto our screens. Let’s change that, too. If you are a die-hard computer writer, grab a notebook and write by hand. What? Yes, write by hand this week. I know it sounds like I’m telling you to go backward in technology and speed, but the benefit of writing by hand allows you to think slower to keep up with your hand and you gain a rhythm that you’ll find may give you even greater productivity. Give it a chance, it’s actually rather fun.

Since we’re going old school with writing by hand, grab a colored pen or Paper Mate Flair in a fall color. How about an orange or a brown. Currently in my Esterbrook Honeycomb Fountain Pen is a pretty Monteverde Copper Noir Ink. It reminds me of the deep colored leaves of late October and into November. 

If you’re already turning up your nose at the thought of writing by hand, then stay at your laptop, but at least change the font color on your laptop. While you’re doing that, change what you’re writing for an hour or two and have some fun with your orange or rust colored font. How about writing a fun story in less than 2,000 words. Use the change of season and have your characters walk through a park describing the colored leaves for a romance story. For a romantic suspense, give them the challenge of running through the dried, crunchy leaves without getting caught by the sound. Historical writers, how about a carriage ride to see the changing colors of the leaves and a picnic by the creek.

Now you nonfiction writers aren’t off the hook with this change up. Find a verse regarding seasons or changing of seasons and write how the verse impacted you regarding the changes in our lives and those seasons that bring them. Whether you use your laptop or handwrite the devotion, don’t forget to use the fun fall colored ink or font colors. 

I don’t know about you, but I’m very partial to fall. I’m from Ohio, and I love fall here. The colors are vibrant and varied no matter where you go. When I changed my fountain pen and put away my pink ink for fall colored ink, I thought it would be fun to change my font color as well to work on some other projects on my laptop. Then you, my writer friends, came to mind and I wanted to challenge you to do the same. 

You never know, you may start a new trend by changing your ink by the season. Next up—red ink in my fountain pen for Christmas. Oh wait, I have a fun ink I use for Christmas cards called Mistletoe. Hmm, maybe a flash fiction just-for-fun project that ends at words 998 through 1000 with “under the mistletoe.” Yes, I’m sure I’ll type in red and green fonts as well.

Let me know if you’ll take me up on my change-up challenge this fall. I’d love to hear if you changed your setting, changed from computer to paper, and changed the ink color of your pen or font color on your computer. Share below—we want to know! No, I’m serious, we do. 

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Tammy Karasek uses humor and wit to bring joy and hope to every aspect in life. Her past, filled with bullying and criticism from family, drives her passion to encourage and inspire others and show them The Reason to smile. From down and defeated to living a “Tickled Pink” life, she believes there’s always a giggle ready to release! 

Tammy writes romance—with a splash of sass. Her book, Launch That Book, re-released December, 2025. She’s also published in several compilations: Sustaining Life’s Victories, The PAC Method for Writers, and Cool-inary Moments. She’s also a regular writing team member for The Write Conversation, Blue Ridge Writer’s Conference Blog, The Write Editing, New Mercies Café, and The Word on Wednesday. Contact: HTTPS://WWW.TAMMYKARASEK.COM.