On writing: Story seed generation #3

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Here are my few remaining notes about generating story seeds, taken years ago from books on writing.

-What would arouse a sense of wonder?
-Freewrite about settings you find deeply intriguing, loaded with curiosities and mysteries.
-What situations, problems, conflicts and emotions you want to be more adept at understanding, coping and resolving?
-Think of two incompatible, compelling moral decisions. Dilemmas work best when the stakes are both high and personal. When one choice is morally right, it will win out unless it is offset by a different choice that is equally compelling in personal terms.
-What’s the worst thing that could happen?
-Make a list of ten times in your life when you felt the most scared or worried.
-What subject close to your heart would embarass you, were you to open up about it? In such limits is often where great stories are found.
-Start imagining great scenes. See them in your mind and justify them later. Who are these people? Why are they doing what they are doing? What’s happening beneath the surface?