Writing Ideas are Literally Everywhere
You just need to pay attention and pick them up
Stuck for things to write about?
Chances are, something has already happened to you today that you can write about readers would learn from, commiserate with, or enjoy.
Probably multiple things.
Really.
You just need to pay better attention and learn how to pull inferences, observations, story scenes, and/or character quirks out of the smallest details or most commonplace activities in your day-to-day existence — not just the life-altering moments and changes.
Because you never know what life lesson might be lurking in the mundane, just waiting for you to uncover it.
For example, I wrote an essay on how easily we can have unrealistic expectations of ourselves and others based on my disappointment with a shower gel.
And my most popular Medium story to date stemmed from a professional football player’s meltdown on national television.
Regardless of whether you received great (or poor) service at your favorite diner or restaurant this morning, or how you reacted when you got cut off in traffic today on the interstate, you can pull out something to write about. Or an experience you had at the carwash. Or encounter at the supermarket.
Or simply think about how much those of us in many countries take diners, interstates, carwashes, and supermarkets for granted, for God’s sake.
OK, you went nowhere today? Then look around your bedroom, kitchen, or living room. Why haven’t you donated those old clothes? What are you binging on Netflix and why? Has COVID changed how you work, dress, eat, drink, shop, interact with others, or even how you view life? Do you still make your bed every morning? If so, why?
Look deeply. Stories reside there.
If you’re still having difficulty unearthing writing ideas this way, I strongly recommend that you keep a journal if you don’t already do so.
Journaling allows you not only to write about your days, the weather, your thoughts, etc., but it also enables you to follow thought trails you might have never gone down if you thought you were writing for an external audience. Keeping a journal frees you and simultaneously allows buried thoughts, feelings and realizations to surface.
Then mine your journal for writing gold.
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