
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at an excerpt from a previous post titled The Place Great Ideas Come From.
I am often asked, “Where do you get those ideas for your novels?”
Have you ever stopped to consider just how ideas come to us? I’ve heard writers lament on occasion that they just can’t come up with any good ideas for their next book. They “rack” their brains trying to find a new story, or a new twist on an old story (more likely, since it’s pretty true there are “no new plots.”)
How do ideas bubble up to the surface of our consciousness and why those ideas? Is there a way to “bubble up” some great ideas that will make a compelling story? Continue Reading…