How do you come up for ideas for an original story?
I want to write a story, but I want to try and make it as original as possible. Does anyone know how one comes up with such original ideas? =) Just the kind of methods people use to come up with ideas for their stories.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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Always be on the lookout for interesting story ideas. Watch people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors. Ask questions about what you see, hear, smell, taste, and how it made you feel. Use these feelings to develop the characters in your stories. Really notice the world around you. Is it windy, cold, hot? Ask yourself more questions--who, what where, why, how. Let the people you imagine tell their own story... Creativity is endless...but you've got to get your wheels turning...
People write a lot about what they like to read. What do you enjoy reading? Your job as an author is to come up with different twists to a story plot. So play the question game. I do it all the time. Example: I noticed a chubby little girl in a bathing suit that seemed too small for her body yesterday at a splash park. I asked myself...so why is her suit so small? I laughed at what I came up with. I imagined that perhaps her suit was too big for her yesterday. So suddenly... I understood the little girl is growing at a rapid rate for a child. Why? Growth hormone problem? Or is she part of another alien race that has lived among us for thousands of years, and she develops differently? It was then I noticed her voice was much lower than other children her age. And was it my imagination that she smelled slightly fishy? Perhaps it was the water. I thought so...until I noticed her fingers were webbed. Where on Earth had this little girl come from?
It's called The Writer's Question Game. Play it in a group or by yourself. It's a lot of fun.
People write a lot about what they like to read. What do you enjoy reading? Your job as an author is to come up with different twists to a story plot. So play the question game. I do it all the time. Example: I noticed a chubby little girl in a bathing suit that seemed too small for her body yesterday at a splash park. I asked myself...so why is her suit so small? I laughed at what I came up with. I imagined that perhaps her suit was too big for her yesterday. So suddenly... I understood the little girl is growing at a rapid rate for a child. Why? Growth hormone problem? Or is she part of another alien race that has lived among us for thousands of years, and she develops differently? It was then I noticed her voice was much lower than other children her age. And was it my imagination that she smelled slightly fishy? Perhaps it was the water. I thought so...until I noticed her fingers were webbed. Where on Earth had this little girl come from?
It's called The Writer's Question Game. Play it in a group or by yourself. It's a lot of fun.
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