Lisa Black | SERENDIPITY AND THE WRITING LIFE

Any writer, I’m sure, has had the experience of a great idea striking them
while engaged in an activity that had nothing to do with writing and nothing to
do with whatever plot their minds were currently worrying at—like being at your
child’s ballet recital and noticing the teacher’s son, pressed into doubling as
the sound engineer, hustling back and forth trying to weed that static out of
the speaker precariously mounted stage right…suppose this were a ballet
competition and not just a chance for parents to see why they’ve been writing
checks all year…a particularly competitive stage parent might get very upset
over a break in their kid’s music quality…maybe even kill...