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!
Both scenarios sound like good writing prompts for our class!
ReplyDeleteHey that's a good idea - especially the two roses floating in the sea.
ReplyDeleteI tend to find my blog posts in my head when walking the dogs (I don't ask then what they think that might be a bit silly. Happy writting.
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