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Why People-Watching Helps You as a Writer
Observing, interpreting, and understanding people’s interactions and behaviors can help you create multiple ideas or topics for your books and articles.
Chasing the midnight sun this summer makes me airport-hopping at the moment, and as usual, I can’t resist watching and observing people while waiting for my flights. I find people-watching enjoyable, exciting, and funny at times, and I could sit for hours watching people passing by.
People’s body language, behaviors, and characteristics fascinate me. Their interaction with other human beings and their surroundings triggers many emotions and gives life lessons. Some situations can make me sad, happy, excited, scared, anxious, and emotional. It’s like watching a great movie that makes your imagination work overtime, guessing what will happen next and what the ending will be.
I loved people-watching even before I started writing, and I’m loving it even more now because, as a writer, I get more benefits from doing it. These days, I noticed that most people, not just at the airport but mostly everywhere, tend to look down and watch their phones.
It may look strange that among the crowds, I am looking up at people (eyes wide open but not in a nosey way)…
