| 10. |
From space aliens. |
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| 9. |
Why? Are you selling
some? Are they fresh? How much do you want
for them? |
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| 8. |
I steal my ideas
from other writers, of course. |
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| 7. |
The idea fairy
leaves them under my pillow at night—but
only if I've been really, really good. |
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| 6. |
Ideas? Who needs
ideas? Just throw a couple of attractive characters
together in a spicy sex scene and a book practically
writes itself. |
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| 5. |
Costco sells really
big ideas at reasonable prices, and also family
packs of ideas. For small, last-minute ideas,
I go to the corner store. Ikea has better
prices, but you have to put the ideas together
yourself. |
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| 4. |
That's rather a
personal question. I wouldn't dream of asking
you where your children came from—even
the one who looks suspiciously like your husband's
devilishly handsome best friend... |
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| 3. |
I dance naked under
a full moon after bathing in fresh rainwater
poured from a unicorn's horn, and the almighty
goddess of writing bestows new ideas on me.
Care to join me? |
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| 2. |
That's a trade
secret, more closely guarded than how they
get the Caramilk inside the Caramilk bar.
If I told you, I'd have to kill you. |
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| 1. |
I wait for a stranger
to come up to me and say, "Have I got
an idea for you!" Then I write the book,
do dozens of rewrites until the book seems
perfect to me, sell my soul to find a publisher,
do even more rewrites to make the editor happy,
and finally split the money 50-50 with the
person who gave me the original idea. Because
that's the really tough part, coming
up with the idea. |
Sheri Radford is a member of GVC.
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