Vinnie Hansen's Blog - Posts Tagged "the-first-two-pages"

Usually I write a short story and then try to find a market for it. By nature I’m more a pantzer than a plotter. I don’t trust myself to spill a good tale unless it starts from the font of inspiration.

Many of these “inspired” stories eventually found homes. But waiting for a muse can be limiting. Jack London once remarked: “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Last year I got out my club. I tried writing to specific prompts and for specific markets. My success surprised me.

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Writers often get asked where our ideas come from. It's tempting to answer flippantly, "Everywhere." They come from snippets of conversation, birds that fly into windowpanes, and the directions for using glue. Really, anywhere. On the other hand, many of my stories have come from the very direct source of a prompt. My most recent publication, a story titled "Perfect Partner," had to respond to the theme of the anthology Hook, Line, and Sinker. The theme was "grifters, con artists, and their marks." Today at Art Taylor's The First Two Pages, find out how the first two pages of "Perfect Partner" evolved. https://arttaylorwriter.com/2023/02/0...