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A person might try to hang up the phone, for example, but the alien hand will refuse to do it. Willpower alone doesn't get results. Only after the good hand grabs the alien hand like a wayward child and forces the issue does the phone return to its cradle. In extreme cases, victims report awakening in the night to find the offending hand trying to strangle them. Is this an idea for a salable novel? By itself, probably not. It's merely another of those one-dimensional hot flashes of brilliance we sometimes get.
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2. List ten expressions you've found in written matter, from newspapers to novels to nonfiction books. 3. In ten words or fewer, write an image of ten characters you have seen today with fiction potential. Select at least five from life and no more than five from photographs, film or television. 46 HOW TO GET YOUR MIND RIGHT FOR BRAINSTORMING 4. List ten settings or situations that you could put into a novel, film, screenplay, stage script or short story. Use commonplace settings but indicate how you could make them uncommon.