There's nothing quite like a shiny new idea. It's filled with hope, promise, the potential to be the best thing we've ever written, and maybe be the book that makes our dreams come true. Which is why it's both exciting and terrifying. Ideas can come to us as nuggets of inspiration or full-fledged books complete with character arcs and plots. Obviously, if we're lucky enough to get a full-blow idea we just dive right in and start writing, but those nuggets take more work to turn into a novel.