Novelists get asked all the time where they get their ideas.

My answer is always something like: Ideas are a dime a dozen. They’re anywhere and everywhere. The trick is finding the ones that you can make work in a novel.

It’s true. Ideas are the easy part, which is why my favorite part of writing is brainstorming, I suppose.

I read this quote about creative ideas the other day and absolutely love it.

“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The...