Here’s what I do … I take all the sentences and paste them into one document then I cut out each one so I have a zillion little strips of paper. Then I turn off the ceiling fan and collect them all from the floor. Usually twice because I’m not a quick study. Then I re-read everything and create a cast of characters from names that are mentioned in the sentences. And after I read the sentences again, a couple of plot ideas and/or a setting jump out at me. Sometimes I need more characters. Then I rearrange the strips till it flows a bit and the rest of the story kind of fills itself in. Try it! Go back to the earlier Page 56 sentences – but don’t read the story. Yours will be completely different from mine.

It’s fun and it definitely gives that creative muscle a work-out!