Story ideas come to me in a scene that flashes before my eyes. It can be an action, a dialogue, a relationship, or just a still scene. This is the seed which plants itself and grows into a full story as I let it turn around in my head and work with it.
When a story is fully developed, that seed may not be particularly important. Some scenes can be crowning moments, but most are just scenes. The importance of a story is its entirety. Sometimes, though, that seed is not important at all. In that case, you are better off removing it.
This is definitely a bizarre feeling. The story wouldn't even exist were it not for this seed, but you are tossing it away like it's nothing. But this is not something done recklessly. This is done because it needs to be done. We all know that stories evolve as they are developed, so it stands to reason that the germinal idea could be one of the ones that changes.
Remember that you do not owe the germinal idea a spot in the story. You owe your story to be the best it can be. If you need to toss the seed in order to do so, then do it. It isn't necessarily eay, but if it's the right thing to do, then do it.
About Me
- Kevin Bahler
- I am a writer. A writer is one who writes. By the same logic, I am also a thinker, an observer, and a puzzle solver. I am a graduate from the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Professional Writing. The idea of the program is that one studies all three aspects of writing as a whole: Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Rhetoric. The knowledge I have gained in those subjects is put to use in every aspect of my life. The worst thing a person can be is boring. I am most interested in people who can pique my interests. An example is people who can correctly use the word 'pique'.
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