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Just realized how much a trip to the hardware store can give you a story idea
I was at the big hardware store in town yesterday, the one on Main Street. I went in for a single light bulb, but I got stuck behind two older guys in the plumbing aisle. They were arguing about the best way to fix a leaky pipe from 1978. One guy kept saying you needed a specific copper fitting, and the other was swearing by a modern plastic piece. They were both so sure they were right, and their voices got louder. I just stood there holding my bulb, listening. It hit me that this whole scene, these two stubborn experts with their own ways of doing things, was a perfect setup for a story. You could write it from the view of a new worker caught between them, or even from the pipe's view, feeling two different fixes being argued over its head. It made me see ordinary places in a new way. Has anyone else gotten a full story prompt just from overhearing a normal argument?
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jordanm197d ago
That's a cool way to look at it. Did you end up writing the story from the pipe's view, or did you go with the new worker idea?
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lilyb277d ago
Honestly I went with the pipe, it just felt more fun to write.
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