“It all begins with the seed of an idea and then you water it with ink.” —Wayward

Where do my ideas come from? You’ll find the answers in the bones of my blog. But for starters…

Sometimes, I excavate broken dreams and mine the highs and lows of my personal history. Sometimes, they come from noticing the random acts of kindness or grace along the way and wanting to honor them. My best ideas have often been cracked open by travel and turned into screenplays: the people who’ve crossed my path, the sights, both planned and unexpected, some that I only captured when I put my camera down. The culture shock, be it from politics, poverty, or how children are treated. My blog is about how ideas grew into screenplays and other writing genres, and about living “the writer’s life” including the roadblocks and detours.

Where do you get your best ideas? Do you dig for them like a paleontologist or go all out with an excavator?