Authors are constantly asked where they get their ideas from. It’s probably the
most commonly asked question. And here in the UK and Ireland Mills & Boon
(Harlequin’s UK division) is celebrating it’s Centenary, so we’re seeing a lot
more press coverage - hence I’ve been asked this question about a half dozen
times in the last week alone.
One of the next things they asked was ‘Do you get your ideas from real life?’
to which I consistently answered with a burst of laughter and ‘I WISH!’
But that’s probably not the real answer. Because the initial spark of
inspiration *does* come from real life and the things we see and hear around us
every day; a song, a movie we hated the end of, the sight of two people talking
in a street café, a photograph that captures a moment we want to know more
about. And then a chain reaction begins. The who, what, when, where and why
starts to find answers inside our heads – the part of our brain in charge of
creativity rubbing its hands with glee and setting to work with gusto! (We
hope…)
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