Bearded, with a bandana around his head, a stuffed-full backpack and a dog at his feet, he looked like your every-day drifter.I had just enough time, as I went through the light, to get a glance at the cardboard sign he held.
time traveler needs $ for a new flux capacitor
I haven't seen that particular sign before, but I've seen others like it.
And that day I said to myself: imagine if it was true.
I find I get a lot of ideas at random moments, in random places, inspired by increasingly random things: the way someone walks, a sentence on a billboard, a holiday window display.
Many of them may never see the light of day. But they do a fine job of shoring up my morgue file and every now and then I have one that sticks with me until it develops into something resembling a story.
What's the most interesting thing (event, person, object) that's sparked an idea where you least expect it?
2 comments:
Great post! And you're right -- the flash of "what if" that leads to a story can come anywhere, anytime...
Like there was this one time I was browsing the blogosphere and ran across a blurb about a shaggy, bearded drifter with a dog who was actually a time traveler, trapped in our time with no money and a broken flux capacitor. Not sure where it will lead yet, but I know it'll be a great story and I'll enjoy writing it!
(...just kidding...) ;^)
Pfffft. If you can do something with it, more power to ya. :)
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