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Idea Seeds

Ideas can start at many different points. A character might pop into your head fully fleshed, or maybe a plot twist, or a sex act.

But sometimes ideas start off very, very small—so small that they'll get away unless you make a conscious effort to notice and capture them. One of my series sprang from a small pharmacological advertisement on a pack of sticky notes I was using.

Get thyself a notebook (or maybe create an email tag or folder) and don't let those ideas get away!