Unlocking Ideas

It is said that truth is stranger than fiction. I couldn't agree more. Strange things can occur to us throughout our day, and we love to mentally embellish them. Perhaps there is someone unusual standing nearaby, and our mind races with the possibilities of what motivates them and what they might be capable of. We must use our daily experiences as ideas for our writing projects. Reading the newspaper and watching the news can provide us with myriad ideas for a book or short-story. We must always be on the look-out for these nuggests of thought.