What If?
In all of the English language, no two words personify hope and the unexpected as What If. These 2 words form the basis for most if not almost all stories we hold near and dear to our hearts. It is a very prolific technique for exploring a new idea for a novel, screenplay, poem, prose and any other form where words dominate. Personally, I like to ask the What If? question for any point in my life where I had to make a decision that formed the iconic fork in the road. What if I had not married her? What if I hadn't left this college? What if I had not finished college, what might I have done? Given the way life went, what if I had pursued my true dream instead of the safe path I actually followed? What if can also be applied to purely fictional enterprises like What if our legal system was more of a lottery than a process. In other words, you are accused, they roll the dice which determines guilt, innocents and the length of your prison t...