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Where do writers get their ideas? Part 2
Last week, I addressed the question: Where do writers get their ideas? I posted this news bit: Eridania Rodriguez, Cleaning Woman, Vanishes At Skyscraper Near Ground Zero :: from www.huffingtonpost.com
Can you see the potential here? First, Eridania Rodriguez can be a man impersonating a woman. As a spy to gather important info. Or as a jealous man checking out what his girlfriend is doing. It could be a woman seeking confirmation for a news story she wants published.
Okay, let’s go with the reporter. This stylish woman dresses in uniform, speaks English badly, and wears a grey wig to hide her long, black hair. And she vanishes.
Now setting. She wishes to expose the corruption in big business. But say, Skyscraper is a “time traveling spaceship.” Then she is stowing away to discover the secret destination of the scientist that are working on this project. People are disappearing. Word out is that individuals are being kidnapped to inhabit a new world. The scientists use these people as guinea pigs on another planet to see if they can survive the terrain. Yet…
What is Ground Zero? That’s what caught my attention when I read this news bit from Hispanic Tips.
Is Ground Zero the new colony being built because the scientists know the world is dying? Or is Ground Zero the place that terrorist will bomb when the President visits? (I read too many mysteries!) Or is Ground Zero the room where fraternity boys take virgins to score points in their game? Or is Ground Zero an entry way to a new dimension? Or worse, is Ground Zero where people of color are taken to imbed a device in their brain to make them docile?
As you can see, the list is endless.
Misa Ramirez http://misaramirez.com left this idea in her comment:
Hmmm, I think I would go X-Files with this. I’m in a supernatural mood right now, so maybe something like she’s lost a baby, and also lost her mind, and she’s channeling la Llorona. Now she’s wandering, searching for her child. Mwahahahaha!
A bit of SciFi mixed with Latino folktales. Who says it can’t be done?
The answer has been right in front of your face. Where do writers get their ideas? From anything in everywhere!
Thank you for visiting,
Jo Ann
P.S. Misa wins a copy of The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos By Margaret Mascarenhas. Congratulations Misa!