One thing nice about the seeds that we find for our writing ideas… they will last indefinitely. Yeah, we might want to stick a little label on there… remind ourselves of just what that idea is about, but if you get in the habit of recognizing those little seeds of inspiration… you’ll get better at not having to make those labels.
What to do with that seed once we want to grow it? We nurture it. Treat it with care, water it with the knowledge we’ve gained from the hundreds of books we’ve already read. And that special touch? It’s what makes your books and stories so special. YOU. We add ourselves to our work without even realizing it.
Where do our story ideas come from? I’ve heard that authors get asked that all the time. If someone asked me that, I’d probably just stare at them. I’ve heard everything from dreams, to real-life issues that need to be dealt with, to them just popping up out of the blue… even so far as a misspelled word.
