NOTHING BUT THE FACTS....
Facts are some of the most interesting (and useless) pieces of information. A CAT HAS 32 MUSCLES IN EACH EAR As I said, interesting but what good does it do us?...and of course we all know someone that will dredge up facts at a quiet dinner amongst friends or at a party. Throw them at us and then sulk when we don't give thunderous applause for now knowing the scintillating fact that- A JELLYFISH IS 95 PERCENT WATER . But sometimes when faced with a blank page, when a case of the dreaded writers block strikes, facts can be a starting point for a piece of writing. Could be a short story, a poem, even the basis of a novel. All you need is a fact that intrigues you, that sets you thinking 'what if'. EVERY PERSON HAS A UNIQUE TONGUE PRINT Hmm, the mind begins to swirl....a detective story where the tongue print is the key to finding the killer? Could they cut off a tongue in the same way they burn the fingers of victims - making it harder to identify a body? Do i...