Coming up with story ideas is not usually a problem for me. Like the writer in this cartoon by <a href="http://debbieohi.com/" target="_blank">Debbie Ridpath Ohi</a>, I find ideas everywhere.

<a href="https://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ohi0026-alphabetsoup-v2-600.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5747" src="https://judythewriter.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ohi0026-alphabetsoup-v2-600.jpg?w=283" alt="OHI0026-AlphabetSoup-v2-600" width="283" height="300" /></a>"Used with permission from Debbie Ridpath Ohi at Inkygirl.com."

Transferring all those ideas into novels is usually my bigger problem, but that’s a topic for a different blog.

What about you? Do you have to hunt in the bottom of a soup bowl for story ideas?

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