Goodreads asked Ken L. Gould:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Ken L. Gould I really can't find where my car fob went. Actually, I lost all my keys, though the keys were replaced easily enough. I lost it in the snow over the winter. Now, while this would not make for a very exciting book, I might replace the fob with something else, far more intense. Maybe it's a girl's number, a beautiful girl and I am in the 9th grade, though I suppose I could Facebook stalk her these days. Maybe it also had her name on it, and I can't remember her name. Maybe it's the key to a locker with money I owe a drug dealer or the money I was going to pay to the kidnappers of my kid (sound too much like the plot to a movie you've seen?) The point is I think all fictional plots contain some bits and pieces of us and our experiences. You just have to spice them up so you don't bore the hell out of people. The greatest sin an author can make is to be boring.

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