Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme from Sniffly Kitty; see right-sidebar. In it we look at the third sentence in the book we are reading. Check it out — lots of fun!
My book is Pack of Lies by Laura Ann Gilman. On Twitter yesterday she tweeted that it was her fifteenth novel. That's an amazing accomplishment.
“We needed to think of something, something brilliant, something fast.”
Sometimes the best inspirational ideas come in a flash. Usually an idea to solve a problem needs a plan.
How rare is a brilliant idea? I don’t know, but I know that the world could use a few, truly brilliant ideas. Perhaps those ideas will be a thought in the shower, on a drive, as you drift off in sleep on a lazy day. But if it involves the world, a country, a state, the lives of others, I hope people stop and think about that idea and whether it is a good one.
How rare is a brilliant idea? I don’t know, but I know that the world could use a few, truly brilliant ideas. Perhaps those ideas will be a thought in the shower, on a drive, as you drift off in sleep on a lazy day. But if it involves the world, a country, a state, the lives of others, I hope people stop and think about that idea and whether it is a good one.
In the above sentence, the main character, Bonnie and a partner are in the midst of a training exercise. You’ll have to read the book, out at the end of January to find out. What do you think? Are successful actions based on ideas fast and brilliant ideas, or inspired and planned ideas?
Probably a combination of a flash of inspiration and careful planning.
ReplyDeleteI believe successful actions are a combination of planning based on good ideas and a certain amount of flexibility and ability to come up with workarounds on the fly.
ReplyDeleteIdeas in general though seem to be iterations and combinations of existing ideas ^.^
Thanks for sharing!