How do you come up with ideas for stories?
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Re: How do you come up with ideas for stories?
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If I don't find any ideas when I want to write about something, I look for writing prompts or watch movies from different genres. Prompts help me a lot. I take several prompts and try to come with a story and all of a sudden I'm stung by a wonderful idea. Then I start creating different scenarios. Who are the people in the story? What are they like? What do they want?
Soon, it turns out in a concrete base for my outline, I keep working on it (I hardly write any ideas down) in my brain. When I think I would love to finish this story, I start drafting.
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For example, I had a thought about fingers or hands one day and decided that I'd write a story about a scientist whose hand is cut off and comes to life because of chemical radiation. It's absolutely strange, but those ideas come all too often.
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