Do you enjoy sitting in a train watching the scenery roll by, houses roll by, stations come and go. What thoughts come to your mind as world passes by your seat?
Paula Hawkins describes how sitting on the train commuting in and out of central London she would look into peoples houses and wonder what their lives were like. Then she started idly wondering what would happen if she saw something shocking. This helped her create her bestselling mystery “The Girl on the Train
Daydreaming is an effective source of ideas as noted in this post.
