I often get asked where I get my ideas for stories, and how hard it must be to think of things. My problem isn’t coming up with ideas it’s finding the time to write them. I find ideas for stories everywhere: a snippet of conversation, an image or scene, news article or straight imagination. I…
Plot
Too stupid to live
“Only two things are infinite-the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.”… Albert Einstein I’ve been reading a lot of cozy mysteries lately. One I was reading was really enjoyable – until the main character did the unthinkable, an action whereby I decided she was *too stupid to live* (TSTL). Of…
New story
A new year and a new story. It’s always fun to start something new, but this story in particular is really exciting because I’ve had this idea percolating for over 5 years. I’m not too far into it, because I’m a plotter, so I’ve spent some time over the last 10 days making notes and…
No such thing as a new plot
Take a plot and put your own unique twist on it… I’ve heard that time and time again. The best example of how doing this works that I think I’ve come across is by comedians Axis of Awesome – not exactly where you’d think to look but their “Four Chord Song” really does demonstrate it beautifully. I’ll leave…