Friday, May 04, 2007

GETTING STORY IDEAS

Hooray! The switch to Google at Blogger has finally let me in to write on this blog. It took some doing.

Just days after the murders by a deranged person in a Kansas City mall, I was in a California Albertson's market, wheeling my cart down an aisle as I studied the shelves for the product I needed. Suddenly a younger woman in the same aisle said in a quiet voice, "They're locking all the doors. I heard the manager at the end of this aisle call for security and order the doors locked."

My first thought was to abandon my cart and get out of there. But that wasn't an option. The doors were locked.

"What do we do,"--I laughed, half in jest yet nervous--"drop to the floor or what?"

Just then I saw the doors beyond the Starbuck's stand in the store open. I relaxed. "The doors are open now," I told her.

I'm sure the woman was as relieved as I was. She said, "These days you never know, do you?"

Thinking of Virginia Tech and Kansas City, I replied, "No. You don't."


Thinking later about that incident. I realized what a great story idea this could be. Two strangers meeting as they hit the floor in such a situation could develop into a romance. Or it could be tweaked and used in several ways in a murder mystery or a suspense.

It's a perfect example of how writers get ideas.

To learn more about how writers get story ideas, watch my web site for my interview of Darrell James, author of "Making it with Gammy" in "LAndmarked for Murder," and "Body Count: A Killer Collection."

Have a wonderful day!

Dee Ann
http://www.deeannpalmer.com
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