I’ve been talking about how to organize your ideas. Now I want to talk about where those ideas originate. You might ask, “Don’t ideas just come?” For some of us, the answer is a loud, “Yes.” There are people who are overwhelmed by a constant flood of ideas. I’ll talk about that problem later. I find, however, that many new writers really have only one idea. Often, it’s related to something that happened to them. And, quite often, they think they have to write a book about it. Since all of writing is dependent on ideas, I want to explore [ Read more...]
