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Story Ideas – Don’t Throw Them Away
By Deb Gallardo
From an article in the Washington Post online, comes this great quote about a story idea that a child once wrote down. That story is now 100 years old. How many times have I told you never to throw away your story ideas? Let this be a lesson that is imprinted on your mind. Don’t throw away any story ideas! Got that?
Readers of all ages have delighted in [the Anne of Green Gables series], which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
The book was inspired by an idea that Lucy Maud Montgomery had as a child and jotted down on a scrap of paper. (Let that be a lesson: Don’t throw away your story ideas. They could become bestsellers one day!) The Cuthberts’ farm was based on a farm owned by relatives of Montgomery’s. She grew up nearby, raised by her grandparents after her mother died before Lucy was 2 years old.
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