Try this for inspiration

Stuck for an idea for a story? Well here’s a useful way to get yourself going. Take a break from the hectic pace of life and imagine yourself in a darkened house, walking from room to room.

In the final room, the darkness is illuminated by a single shaft of light, forming something akin to a stage. Who steps into the light? You’ll be amazed what happens next. Just follow the character wherever he/she takes you.

I did this exercise with the Inkerman Writers, of which I am part, and the result was a cracking examination of the power of imagination in the anthology Out of the Shadows, published in 2013. Incidentally, the book is still available at

http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/4204019-out-of-the-shadows

John Dean