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Writing Ideas

Blog City - Day 946

Prompt: For a brilliant writing idea, what wins for you most of the time? An Ahha moment, being 100 percent sure of knowing something, the search for an idea, or your expertise?

This is one of those questions that is hard to answer. Ideas are everywhere. How do we find them? Who knows. Sometimes a dream or seeing or hearing something may tweak your creative spark. It is really hard to say...

sometimes I just want to delve into a topic of interest.... wanting to work out an idea and see how a character would handle the situation if they were to face such a happening. Often the situation stems from something I am dealing with.... but I extend it and broaden it for my character as fiction must move beyond where real life is.... Is it a brilliant idea? I am not sure, but for me, for now it is... the story needs to be told and worked through.

I often ask "what would happen if..." and that takes me on a journey with my character.

I also have found ideas from what movies or television that gets me intrigued by a topic.