I don’t know about other writers, but I do not have a shortage of ideas for books and stories. I’m hit with ideas all the time and mostly I’m smart enough to write them down in my journal. Some ideas are complete stinkers, but others have potential and this is definitely a bonus when you pay the rent through your ideas.
But keeping track and actually developing the ideas beyond notebook scribbles is the test of a good idea. And that’s my test over the next few days.
In addition to being swamped with regular writing work (2 mysteries, 1 feature article, 1 graphic novel script and a short story all due by the end of the month – seriously) , I have a big “ideas” meeting later this week.
For the meeting, I promised to bring a list of the ideas I’d like to pitch in 2006. Right now many of the ideas are no more than a bullet list on the back of a grocery receipt, but that has to change. So, I’m challenging myself to pick at least one idea a day and flesh it out to a one-page proposal. I’ve got one idea finished and I think I’ve got the energy to do another idea. It could be the excitement of getting organized or possibly the afternoon coffee kicking in. Better get back at it while the buzz lasts.
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