Goodreads asked L.E. Truscott:

How do you get inspired to write?

L.E. Truscott My inspiration comes from the things I see around me every day with the addition of one question – what if?

My entire theory of plot development is based around an unending series of questions and answers like a toddler continually asking, “Why?” Thankfully, these question and answer sessions mostly take place in my head where the world is shielded from it, only revealed when some poor unsuspecting person trying to be polite takes an interest and unleashes it from my interior monologue from where it spews forth.

I have also come up with what I like to call "The Ideas Generator". It’s a seven-step process that can be applied to a lot of stories already out there, which is why I think it will work for developing new stories.

Here’s how it works in a nutshell. You pick a genre. You pick a main character. You give them a past traumatic incident. You pick a second main character or a secondary character for the main character to interact with. You give the main character a profession. You introduce a trigger to add drama. And then you add an ending.

Sounds simple, right? You can read more about "The Ideas Generator" on my blog at this link: https://singlewhitefemalewriter.wordp...

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