Many times I have grabbed my camera (well ok, my Iphone) and not really grabbed, because I always have it with me… I head out to take a picture that I hope will fit well with a story I have written, so that photo can become part of the cover.
I’m sure a lot of you have done something similar. I have used details from some of my artwork for book covers in the past, and I like them. Although its hard to “retro fit” a painting I did five years ago into the cover from a fresh new story. It works sometimes. The background for my blog is one of my lighthouse paintings.
But I was at the Omaha zoo Saturday with my family and was snapping away shots at everything animal that moved or I felt was doing something pretty cool. Its not like this is my first rodeo- been to dozens of different zoos around the country in my time in the Air Force. II think I even visited a zoo in Germany or Luxemburg once. Maybe not. Anyway….was I trying to arrive at some point here?
Oh yeah…I took a picture and thought, that would make a sweet story. I should write a story around the photograph. So while I gone looking for photos and artwork to match up to existing story, I have never taken a picture and thought, “I should write a story about this” So was this first bucket list worthy? Probably not. This is the photo I took. Well its been zoomed in and cropped, but check it out:
Plot ideas? What story could grow from this elongated hand? Its an orangutan, if you couldn’t tell. If that photo was your writing prompt, where would you go with it? I have my own ideas…