![]() So it’s not the idea by itself, but what you do with it that matters.Ī dinosaur in a human setting. ![]() See-the single idea of a child walking in the evening and lights-sun-activtated, or firefly or fairy lights-I already have the beginnings of three different stories from one idea.Īnd if the same story was written by, say-Patricia Polacco, Dan Santat, or me-you would get three very different stories indeed. Or perhaps the child is lost and the lights call her home. She grows into a famous scientist studying fireflies. The child in the picture suddenly begins to see that lights are not just random, but patterned. What if a child going over a stone walkway to her grandmother’s house, fantasizes a story about fairies guiding her to their queen. Here we are crossing from my house, over a set of stone steps, walking down to my daughter’s house. If you’re a writer, just take a walk outside and ideas will come to you at once. …īut honestly, ideas are thick on the ground. ![]() ![]() I could go on a metaphoric streak about ideas, talking about stalking the shy idea, cultivating the wild idea, setting traps… etc. ![]()
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