What If?
Someone I know recently said she'd love to write a book but she couldn't come up with any original ideas. She'd think of a plot and then realize she'd read it a year ago. She sighed and said she wished she could just come up with really cool ideas so she could be a writer. Well, so do I. I don't wake up in the mornings and think, "Eureka! Another ten best-selling ideas!" I doubt anybody does. It's all about asking " What if ". What if you could understand animals? What if aliens exist? What if Elvis is alive in some tiny little backwater town, happily munching on Krispy Kremes and admiring his blue suede shoes? Yes, all these ideas have been done before. Honestly, at a basic, bare-bones level, there aren't any new ideas. There are, however, brilliant, funny, chilling, bizaare, poignant, clever twists on old ideas. You take your "what if" and keep pushing. What if you can talk to animals and you realize you can use