New W.I.P.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been sick with a cold and now all that lingering is a nasty cough. I have a cat called Pacer named after the Indiana Pacer’s. She is a tuxedo cat. She picked us over us picking her. Long story about her. Will talk about her in another post. At the present time we are going to talk about the ideas I get and how they come to my mind, where and when. It unusual where I get my story ideas and when. If anyone reading this gets story ideas in unusual places, my tip is always carry a notebook on your. I do everywhere.

I tend to carry a notebook in my backpack or laptop bag when I’m out. Being in a wheelchair I need a bag with me at all time. I love to get out of our apartment as I get claustrophobic at home a lot. The need to get to the library or to a local eatery is another place I like. These are places I tend to get ideas for stories. It’s fun to watch, without causing attention to oneself.

When you are at a restaurant or cafe and in a wheelchair, nobody tends to pay attention to you while your looking around. I put my notebook in front of myself and jot down notes about the staff of the restaurant, the people in the place. It gives you ideas for a story or your current one. I love the atmosphere you get in places like a restaurant, bar, library and the like. I even get ideas in a grocery story or bookstore. I love to enter other places of businesses to soak up the atmosphere. Observe the people and understand how real people act and interact with each other. It gives you ideas for characters in a story.

My current story : Partners in Crime – Is about a single father who takes his son from England to America to be with his girlfriend, who he has been having a relationship with for eighteen months. She has two children, both girls. They both plan on getting married. The children from both parents get together to do their best to stop them getting married and help the boy and his father go back to England. I’ll put up more about the story later.