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Story Ideas – Warren Adler’s Trans-Siberian Inspiration
By Deb Gallardo
Today’s feature is an article by Warren Adler, world renown author of 27 novels including The War of the Roses and Random Hearts. I like what he has to say about the writer’s eternal question “Where do you get your ideas?” You’re in for a real treat.
Of all the questions asked of fiction writers, the one most common is: Where do you get your ideas? It is a crucial question that goes to the heart of the storyteller’s art. One might generalize and assert that it comes from an amalgam of one’s life’s experiences, stories told by others, books read, movies seen, dreams and fantasies, and the molten mix in the cauldron of one’s imagination. This is one writer’s attempt to pinpoint the spark that ignited the idea that became the story and its aftermath.
He goes on to tell the story of a social encounter with a real world intelligence operative and how this inspired the story idea for his novel Trans-Siberian Express. Read his account of how he was inspired. (Opens in new window)
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