Real life scenes that inspire you

[iwatchus]

Or just make you happy, I guess.

I am sitting in a bakery/cafe I frequent. @ElectricBlue would approve. It is mostly young women working the counter, but there is a young man who works regularly now. He started about 6 months ago I think.

When he started, he was so shy. The second or third time I saw him here, he was tentatively flirting with the young woman working with him. I have enjoyed watching him grow and blossom. Today, he was chatting with at least three young women working with him. And chatting with the customers too. All his co-workers beam when comes towards them.

It is perhaps my favorite aspect of teaching. Young people grow so much between high school and graduating from college. I don’t think any of us appreciate in ourselves at the time.

Any way, I suspect that young man will make an appearance in a story at some point, likely as a main character.

Just a slice of life that I can build on. What do others see?

 

[Jorunn]

Being a Wandering Spirit, I have been able to travel throughout Europe and have used Norway, Netherlands, Greenland, France, and other countries in my stories. I enjoy history, so I include some in those stories, as well as food, customs, architecture, and nature.

As far as a single location, the one I hope to use is from my time working at a hostel near Geirangerfjord. (See Disney’s Frozen). I set up breakfasts there, and got to meet many international travelers. But also met and made friends with my co-workers. There are many slices of life in such simple settings.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I once knew a call girl who would tell us stories about her clients. She told us once about a client who wanted a 'Texas Rose' and had us all rolling on the floor. Even she herself couldn't tell the story without falling apart laughing. That scene is going into the story that I'm writing right now.

What is a Texas Rose? You'll have to read the story. ; )

I also posted a snippet in another thread of a conversation regarding the definition of prostitution. That was based on a real conversation at a dinner party and that scene is also in this story.

Actually a third scene in this story has my main character have a professional phone voice different from her normal voice. I got that from a co-worker who always answered the phone in a sexy phone voice different from her normal voice and some of the guys at work would comment on it.

 

[NotWise]

I find settings and details. Two cases come to mind. The setting for the slow-motion car chase and confrontation in Her Bodyguard was taken from a visit to suburban Chicagoland. More recently, Deal is a Deal borrowed details from a stay in the Detroit area.

 

[FrancesScott]

Both the FMC and half of the first scene of much hated short story, Ice Cream, was inspired by going to a dairy farm back in my home town when visiting my folks.