Top Five Songs:
"Gravity" by Sara Bareilles
"LDN" by Lily Allen
"Brave" by Idina Menzel
"Fuego" by Bond
"4am" by Our Lady Peace
These songs are in no particular order. And yes, now it's time for me to scrap together a bit of advice from this little activity. And it's simple: lists.
You can list:
- Characters
- Places
- Plot points
- Unique vocab for your story
- Book titles
- Chapter Titles
- Any other random stuff you want to keep track of
Also, a bit of advice I've taken to this weekend, write what you need to. I was at work and struck, quite viciously, by a vivid idea. So I ran and took some reciept paper and jotted down two full reciept scraps of story. All this scrawled chicken-scratch was a description of one character. Of course I am nowhere near introducing her in my story yet, but I have her established completely now. And I have that part out of the way and written to it fullest potential. If a scene, a huge event, or just a snippet of story crawls into your brain, write it. Keep all your little story pieces to fit into one amazing story later on.
And a little exercise for anyone with writer's bloq or who is just bored and needs something to write. In one of my classes we were told to pick a person, not a famous or infamous person, but like a label (i.e. Painter, Ice cream truck driver, Vet, etc). Then we were told to pick a place, yet again, not a famous place or anything (i.e. Train, Woods, Basement, etc). And lastly we were told to pick a thing, yet again no famous items (i.e. Earring, Pearl, Hubcap, etc). And when you have a person you simple describe them. Do not elaborate into a story (at leat not until later), simply describe attitude and appearance and demeanor. This may become one of your most 
predominant or lovable characters. I'll provide my example for the person next post.
And the much anticipated Word Of The Day from Dictionary.com
Inchoate (Adj): 1. In an initial or early stage; just begun. 2. Imperfectly formed or formulated.
- Kismet
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