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Story Ideas: Interview with Author Fran Friel
By Deb Gallardo
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Here’s an excerpt from an interview with author Fran Friel by blogger Heidi Ruby Miller. Fran is one of those writers who find story ideas anywhere and everywhere. Don’t hate her. When story ideas are abundant, the difficult task is choosing the right one.
8. Where do you find your inspirations to write?
Dang, they’re everywhere! I’ve gotten story ideas from a pattern in a blanket or dust bunnies under the dryer. It’s kind of a constant flow thing for me. Story prompts are also a great source of inspiration for me. I belong to AJ Brown’s flash fiction group at Zoetrope.com, and we do a weekly prompt for a one hour writing challenge. It’s a friendly competition and the person that wins offers the prompt for the following week. I’ve found that hammering out a flash story in an hour is not only a great way to silence that nagging first draft editor (with an hour there’s no time to dawdle over the “right” word!), it provides some good story bones for expansion into longer fiction. Plus, it’s fun as hell. Read the entire interview here.
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November 30th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Hello, Deb. Thanks so much for posting a little piece of my writing process madness.
You’ve got a wonderful site here!
Best Regards,
Fran Friel