Noodling For Ideas

Seth Simmonds had a guest post all about big ideas on Chris Brogan’s blog. I confess I didn’t read it… I’ll go back and do so, I promise. I skipped directly to this:

Yeah.

This is a lesson for writers: next time you think you’ve come up with a scene, a character, a plot point that’s totally original, totally out there, absolutely unlike anything else, ask yourself:

Is it stranger than deliberately provoking a thirty pound fish to swallow your forearm?

Take your writing and shove it down a fish’s throat. See what it looks like when you pull it back out. Repeat until there’s nothing in the real world that can top it.

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Seth Simmonds had a guest post all about big ideas on Chris Brogan's blog. I confess I didn't read it... I'll go back and do so, I promise. I skipped directly to this:Yeah.This is a lesson for writers: next time you think you've come up with a scene, a character, a plot point that's totally original, totally out there, absolutely unlike anything else, ask yourself:Is it stranger than deliberately provoking a thirty pound fish to swallow your forearm?Take your writing and shove it down a fish's throat. See what it looks like when you pull it back out. Repeat until there's nothing in the real world that can top it.