I keep a list
of my top 100
story premises.
Every week,
sometimes every day,
I add a premise
to the list
and drop another premise
off the list.
I find these story ideas
by constantly asking
“What if?”
“What if
the water scientists think
they have found
on the moon
was placed there
by an alien species?”
“What if
the pandemic
was a defense mechanism
employed by a living planet
and what if
it was merely the FIRST
of many defense mechanisms?”
“What if the little old lady,
who is constantly
looking out her front window,
watching the neighborhood
was truly an ancient warrior
in disguise
and one child in particular
was under her protection?”
This seems silly
but when I was
working in New Business Development
for a major beverage company,
I would play the same game.
“What if this concept,
instead of being applied
to a kiddie cereal,
was applied to a juice
for kids?”
“What if this year’s
hot color
was used on a juice carton?”
“What if
vitamin D,
a vitamin suspected
to help prevent
severe cases of COVID,
was added to an orange juice?”
The great news is
1) Playing “What if”
is a learned skill
and becomes easier
over time.
and
2) Friends and family
often enjoy
playing “What If”
also.
It is a GREAT way
to get them involved
and
it gives us ideas
we might have never
thought of.
Great idea developers
play “What If”.
Play a round today.