I had a stunning idea for a book today.
I mean it was STUNNING!
It hit me while I was out walking, taking in the springtime
sun and enjoying the blue sky and then bam! There it was, I was going to sell a
million books and have the best time doing it because: I HAD
HAD A STUNNING
IDEA FOR MY
NEXT BOOK.
I was about two miles from home, and I had made the mistake
of not taking anything to write the idea down on. I was in a race against time,
me against my bad memory.
I was nearly running by the time I made it home.
I didn’t even bother to switch on the kettle, I just sat
down and started hitting the keyboard.
“This idea,” I said out loud to nobody but myself. “Is
stunning!”
I typed for half an hour.
I read it.
I went and finally made coffee. And then, with a fresh brew,
I sat back, read my notes again, and realised I had just basically written the
plot of Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter.
Oh well.
At least it is a great book I was ripping off.
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