50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.
Hmm oh boy. A lot of competition here but I’m going to go for “Movie Night in Storybrooke”

The show is cover for the real deal. Make something fictional and even if people hear rumors about it, they will just laugh. They’ll say “that’s a TV show, not real life” and they won’t believe whatever the crazy story is. The network changed some things, basically pick whatever storyline went in a direction you didn’t like, because they knew better what viewers would want.

Movie night in Storybrooke, where the new season is about to start. They crowd around the TV and fight over the popcorn. They are all bickering over what has happened in the past, and their pet theories about what happens next. Teasing one another about how their alter egos do stuff (either because it’s accurate, or because it’s not). Basically just pure lighthearted family banter and bonding time.

54. Any writing advice you want to share?
I don’t want to be a hypocrite so I need to think about this 🙂 Ultimately I guess I like the quote:

“Measure your worth by the dedication to your path, not by your success or failures.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

I beat myself up a lot over not writing, or my writing being awful, just me generally sucking etc. but when I express this kind of frustration my mum often says “well you haven’t missed your chance” and I think that’s really important.

We all have writing goals (I certainly do!) and I find it demoralising when I don’t meet them but this piece of advice says that it’s ok – that what matters isn’t whether you win/lose, but simply that you played the game and didn’t give up. It’s about continuing to try, continuing to beat your head against that brick wall, continuing to try climbing that mountain and sliding down and then dusting yourself off and going again.

I do really honestly find this hard to accept because I want to accomplish my goals. However I haven’t ‘missed my chance’ because the stories are still in my head, they can still be told. I keep circling round and trying again.

TLDR – never give up! Just the fact that you try is enough.