#4 Everything is a story

Happy Monday!

My dear writers out there.. I want to say one thing to you.. it is not hard to get an idea or an inspiration to write a story.

Look around you. Literally.

Over the years as I commute around London I see that everything we see, can be written as a story. From the kissing couple at the back of the bus, to the child squealing with glee as her mother is playing peek-a-boo on the bus, to a line of blood on the sidewalk, to a man and a woman sitting in their car with the windows rolled down-- EVERYTHING is a story.

I'm telling you. All we need to do as writers is to CREATE! You've seen that couple kissing at the back of the bus-- so what is their history? Are they on again off again? Did they just make up after a big argument-- do their friends agree with their relationship? Is the girl or the guy more in love than the other?

Are you seeing it? Are you picturing it?

That man and woman you walked by in that navy blue Audi (see, I'm already adding details), what was their conversation? Has the woman just revealed to the man that she's pregnant? Are they even in love? Friends with benefits? Fuck buddies? Was it just a one night thing and it happened? Are they even having relations?

This is where the creativity of you shows-- and this what makes writing so much fun; the creation process-- you can do whatever you want-- you make the characters so lovable, or the opposite, your story can draw on one specific thing-- your story can be just pure dialogue and through the dialogue, the story is told..

There is so much out there for inspiration, look at your surroundings, and write. Take your notebook with you.
See what happens.

Try it.