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A guy at a library in Boise once told me his best story idea came from a misprinted receipt.

He said the receipt from a hardware store listed '3/4 inch screws, 1 existential crisis' and he built a whole novel around a clerk who accidentally sells parts of people's souls.
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fiona_reed
fiona_reed28d agoMost Upvoted
My grocery lists just say "cereal, again.
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terrye50
terrye5029d ago
My grocery list from last Tuesday had "milk, eggs, bread, one complete lack of original ideas." I stared at it for twenty minutes hoping a plot would come to me. All I got was a funny look from the cashier and some expired yogurt. That novel is not getting written.
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