“There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.” IdeasStoriesSeemsSkyEmptyNo IdeaIslandsBuriedEncouragingSailingGood StoryGood WritersDump Author:Stephen King
“I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.” PeopleIdeasStoriesFeltWrittenCome UpNo IdeaGood Story Author:Blackie
“The head of a Pike, served at supper, is said to have caused the death from terror of Theodoric the Goth, who imagined the fish's features to be those of Symmachus, a man he had just killed. But for this story, we of today would have no idea what Symmachus looked like.” MenSaidIdeasStoriesTodayFishesTerrorNo IdeaFeaturesSupperGothFootnotes Author:Will Cuppy
“For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic of discussion. Often it begins with a character. And often, I have NO idea what sparked the idea. It's just there.” BookIdeasSometimesCharacterStoriesEventsCurrentsNo IdeaDiscussionTopicsCurrent Events Author:Sandra Brown
“I don't really control the story. I just let it go where it wants to go. I have no idea what's going to happen in the end or who's going to live, so it's kind of like me saying, "I don't know, guys! Just wait." That's what I'm doing!” KnowsWantKindIdeasEndsStoriesHappensGuyWaitingLike MeNo IdeaLet It GoJust Let It Go Author:Veronica Roth