"This book aims to answer the BIG question. Where do writers get their ideas? Ideas are tricky things. They're ephemeral. You can't see them, or take hold of them. They're also invisible, but like radio waves, they're everywhere.
The truth is that ideas rain down on us, mostly when we aren't expecting them. The problem that most people face is that they have very big umbrellas. Ideas simply bounce off them, without being noticed. So if you need to capture them, then this book is for you. It is an insight into the ways and means, some simple, some straightforward, and others downright devious, that writers use to generate ideas. I hope you'll find this book entertaining, encouraging and motivating and maybe, just maybe, the next big idea will be one of yours."
Linda Lewis is a full time writer, concentrating mainly on short stories which are regularly published in the UK and Australia. Her first novel, The Magic of Fishkeeping, was published in 2011, but she has a clutch of non-fiction works, mainly practical guides to help other writers fine-tune their skills and successfully get published. Linda regularly lectures and runs courses on writing around the country. She also has the distinction of winning the television show The Weakest Link which, in itself, must have been a source of many interesting ideas!
The truth is that ideas rain down on us, mostly when we aren't expecting them. The problem that most people face is that they have very big umbrellas. Ideas simply bounce off them, without being noticed. So if you need to capture them, then this book is for you. It is an insight into the ways and means, some simple, some straightforward, and others downright devious, that writers use to generate ideas. I hope you'll find this book entertaining, encouraging and motivating and maybe, just maybe, the next big idea will be one of yours."
Linda Lewis is a full time writer, concentrating mainly on short stories which are regularly published in the UK and Australia. Her first novel, The Magic of Fishkeeping, was published in 2011, but she has a clutch of non-fiction works, mainly practical guides to help other writers fine-tune their skills and successfully get published. Linda regularly lectures and runs courses on writing around the country. She also has the distinction of winning the television show The Weakest Link which, in itself, must have been a source of many interesting ideas!
