Where do story ideas come from?

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Jewel Leigh
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Where do story ideas come from? Jul 26, 2012 23:18:20 GMT -5

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Post by Jewel Leigh on Jul 26, 2012 23:18:20 GMT -5

Do they come from an outside Muse? From sheer brain power? Can you summon them by will? Or do you always have the floating around your head?

I know I struggle with this. I don't seem to have any story ideas. I know I'm a decent writer, and I have the knowledge of what makes a good story (I'm an excellent critic). But story ideas? I have none.

Well, that's not actually true. I have ideas for stories in the Harry Potter World. But I'm wanting to be a screenwriter, not a fanfiction writer. (I love fanfiction but that won't get me to where I want to go.)

Anyone have any advice?

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Where do story ideas come from? Jul 29, 2012 22:52:52 GMT -5

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Post by Sadira Black on Jul 29, 2012 22:52:52 GMT -5

Oh, I struggle with coming up with ideas. Original ideas. I can take a few words and make them my own, like a prompt, but it's hard to come up with my own stuff. Well, that's not entirely true now that I think about it. I have plenty of ideas, but my REAL problem is putting them into words on paper.

What my advice is, whenever you DO get inspiration, find a pen and paper or whip out a laptop and just write till you can't think of anything else. Or take the idea and make an outline of what you want the story/script to be and go from there. It's always good to have a plan and not dive into it headfirst.