how the writer's mind works…or doesn't

I was typing up notes from my notebook recently (a somewhat ridiculous system, I'll admit, but I can find no other solution) and I realized that I really like a few of the ideas I had scribbled down during my commute. These are completely unformed ideas, sometimes just snippets of a voice, but there were a couple I found really engaging and I found myself all giddy over it: monsoon terror! zombie fish people! cave dwellers!

But I fear I know the inevitable result: I'll sit down and try to write a