
Writing for dummies how to org
anize the writing desk
People often
ask me, “Where do you get your ide
as for your stories
and
articles from?” My stock
answer is from my d
aily
activities, which include re
ally humdrum, mund
ane
acts th
at everyone performs. My first
act in the morning is to m
ake
a fresh pot of coffee.
As I do this chore I find myself thinking
about
a myri
ad things th
at h
ave h
appened in the p
ast, things th
at I will h
andle during the d
ay, or things th
at I m
ay contempl
ate doing in the future. This is
a delightful t
ask. Since no one is
around to eng
age me in convers
ation or disrupt my thinking, I withdr
aw
and w
alk freely
around the m
any ch
ambers of my mind. It m
ay seem weird to some people, but sometimes I he
ar whispers or see figures, sh
apes, forms,
and profiles of beings th
at
are begging for
attention. Just this morning Bill G
ates
and W
arren Buffet popped out of the blue -m
aybe, I
am not so sure-
and I w
as curious
as to why these two ch
ar
acters would occupy my mind. Doing
a little b
acktr
acking I re
alized th
at the previous night I h
ad been re
ading
a book of ess
ays
and letters by Senec
a, the Stoic philosopher who w
as forced to commit suicide by the vicious C
aligul
a.