Everybody has a secret, one thing that they’ve been too embarrassed, too ashamed, too shy, or too afraid to tell anybody else. Secrets are gold mines for writers; name five novels, and I’ll bet you that at least four of them are based, in part, on someone keeping a secret from somebody else.
There’s a lovely site that you may have visited called PostSecret; anonymous individuals write a secret on a postcard, and send it to be posted on the website.
It’s a treasure trove for writers wanting to generate material; often, the sender doesn’t reveal anything about his or her situation, just tells the bare bones of the secret, and leaves the rest up to the reader. A few that I find especially intriguing are here, here and here.
Take a look at the site today. Choose a secret, and write about the situation that might have given birth to it.
PostSecret is great. Thanks for the tip.
Deep down secret, the deeper the better. I agree with you.
Thx.