Alan Gratz “There are stories everywhere if you’re looking for them. My favorite writing teacher showed me the trick of keeping an idea book, a journal where I can scribble a good piece of dialogue, an idea for a character, a random quote — anything. I’ve filled five and a half books in fifteen years. Not everything in my idea books will turn into a novel, but they’re great places to experiment and have fun without the pressure of turning them into a real story.”
