Wednesday 18 September 2013

Generating ideas

I find it difficult to get ideas for new stories when dealing with every-day “stuff.”  Ideas usually come to me when I’m either walking or driving long distances – not sure why, but it is something I have recently discovered.  Having just come back from a walking holiday I now have three ideas that I’m hoping to develop.  Two are for short stories and the other is for a longer story.  One of the ideas came as a direct result from meeting someone on the trail and then bumping into them again and seeing them in a completely different light and asking the “what if” question.  The other one came when we were in a desolate fishing town and I happened to notice two red roses floating in the sea, which seemed to be a good prompt for a story - so watch this space!

Or maybe this one!

http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/ncomp_active.php

Monday 2 September 2013

I've added another story to the "short story" tab.  This is a recent one and is 1,000 words long.  I'm currently undecided on the ending!