When Selena was young, her teachers had called her empty headed because she often closed her eyes and tuned out during class. Later, they had said she was odd, and told her parents she was lonely and needed friends.
But Selena was never lonely, and her head was far from empty. Entire worlds existed in there—wild, fantastic realms in which she lost herself. Thousands of stories unfolded for her, more than she could ever tell if she lived a hundred lifetimes. So she had to choose which ones to write—which ones to share.
Now, instead of odd, people called her creative. Instead of empty headed, she was brilliant and innovative. Her books flew off the shelves. Students clamored to get into the courses she taught, eager to learn from the master.
Selena was happy to share her knowledge with her students. She enjoyed talking to them about the writing process. But ideas? Ideas, she told them, only came when you emptied your head of the world around you to make room for other worlds to enter.
I created this image with the prompt “ideas flying out of my head.” The story followed about a week later. How do you find ideas for stories? Personally, I’m kind of like Selena. I have more book ideas than I could ever write. So many of the short stories I write could be expanded into full-length novels. I guess I just have to pick and choose which will do so.
I imagine this is how you feel. There are so many worlds, so many stories that you share with your writing. Thank you for letting me be a part of them ❤️
Indeed!