Sources of Story Ideas

Sources of Story Ideas

The Montauk Monster – Photo: Courtesy of Alanna Nevitski

One question I am sure to get anytime I do a reading or happen into a conversation with a non-writer about writing is, “Where are your sources of story ideas?” I ask you this: “What was that Montauk Monster that washed up on the Long Island beach back in 2008?” If you’re a writer of fiction or someone who often sits around and contemplates the “What if?”—much like what I did in junior high school which the teachers...