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It’s Easier to Dream

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Ashley Hill

So, one morning I turned on PBS for the child, sat on the couch, and fell asleep. I’d love to give you a time of year or a month or anything, but this is happens so often that I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Process | Tagged dreams, ideas, story ideas, story seeds | 3 Replies

Leather-Bound Beauties (I’m Talking About Journals, You Pervs)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Larry Jenkins

I recently watched a video of Stephen King talking to a group of university students. It was a question and answer type of thing, and at one point, the subject of keeping a notebook of ideas came up. If I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Writer's Life | Tagged character sketches, ideas, journals, memory, story ideas | 1 Reply

A Little (Orange) Notebook

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Ashley Hill

I’ve never been worried about running out of ideas, though I do worry about losing them. Like a lot of writers, I keep a little notebook for jotting down ideas. (And like most other things I own, I frequently lose … Continue reading →

Posted in Process | Tagged Camp NaNoWriMo, ideas, NaNoWriMo, writing | Leave a reply

The Idea Dump

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jason Arnett

I have a folder. This folder is sitting on the hard drive of my new computer and it’s origin lies somewhere in the depths of either the early days of my first laptop or the last days of my desktop. … Continue reading →

Posted in Process | Tagged ideas, world building, writing | Leave a reply

Write it down!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Muriel Green

Everyone has an idea for a story. To dream up ideas is a part of being human. Writing down an idea is what changes you from being a dreamer to being a writer. When an idea is unwritten it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Process | Tagged decisions, ideas, notes | Leave a reply

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