A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words

My idea for this post was to look on the internet for an image because I believe story ideas can come from a simple picture/ photograph.

I found this image because I found it an interesting piece that can be an idea for family or mother and daughter story.

In this image, the mother watches her child, pondering on the beautiful memories when she first came into the world, seeing her first steps or the day her daughter first spoke the word, 'mummy!'

Looking at the child, she looks as if her mind is elsewhere. What is she thinking about? Mum and dad? School? Her friends? She looks content and comfortable.

This image is a beautiful picture of a mother and daughters love for one another. Love is grand! Love makes the world go round.

Let's make some interesting story ideas out of this image.

What if this is the last happy moment together as mother and daughter, and tomorrow the daughter is killed by a drunk driver as she is crossing the road to go to school?

What if this is the last happy moment together and tomorrow the mother is shot dead in a bank heist?

Maybe this is a shot moments before their home is raided by a group of drug dealers looking for the husband of the mother; and the mother and daughter are taken to a secret location and then held from ransom, and the husband has to find a way to pay the money, or his family will be killed.

I could go on and on picking out ideas for a story and I have only just used one photograph. Imagine the possiblities in many other pictures like this one.

Since this post, I believe a photograph is a great place to spark an idea for a story.