Where can you get ideas for your story? Everywhere! Look around, watch carefully and see what happens to your imagination.

If you’re not convinced take a look at the list below and then let your mind take over.

If you think of something that isn’t on the list, please leave a comment. Thank you to the members of my message board who helped me put this list together.

• your imagination
• dreams
• people
• places
• your own experiences
• reading
• reference books
• the internet
• the library
• talking to people
• diaries
• newspaper clippings
• phone books
• information centres
• maps
• churchs
• photos
• magazines
• videos
• old newspaper ads
• museums
• buildings
• history
• TV - documentaries
• chance phrases
• songs
• lateral thinking
• watching people
• words
• Scientific bonding (like sacrificial protection)
• Board games/ strategies
• emotions
• art
• spider diagrams
• animals
• pets
• children
• weather

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