Sage Advice and Duck-Billed Platitudes

“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” – Linus Pauling, chemist

This quote reminds me of Bickham's advice in Writing and Selling Your Novel to list at least ten ideas as fast as you can when stuck. He says that this forces the brain to work past the obvious possibilities and move on to more interesting ones.

So much for waiting for the muse...