A Book Idea Notebook

Stephen King advises authors not to keep a notebook of story ideas. He has said:

“I think keeping a notebook is the best way to immortalize bad ideas.”

The reason is that a good idea will stick with you. You won’t need to write it down to remember it.

In her Masterclass on writing Judy Blume says authors should keep a notebook of ideas.

The interesting thing is, though, that she never wrote a book with any of these ideas. The reason to keep an idea notebook from her perspective is to give you...