On the Origin of Story Ideas
February 14th 2012 09:49
Where do ideas come from?
So far this year, I've written stories based on the following:
- a song
- a tweet
- a news story
- a story I wrote years ago, and
- my NaNoWriMo 2011 story.
The stories inspired by the song and the tweet arrived almost fully formed, I wrote each of them down in one go.
The story based on my old story took a little work but the basics were there right away.
The news story and my NaNo draft were the inspiration for stories which don't have much in common with their seed anymore. I brainstormed, started the stories and stopped to revise their premises and began again. Getting from initial idea to realising the stories' full potential took a bit of work. The news story doesn't have much in common with my fictionalised version anymore. It's okay, I never set out to write an alternative version to what was in the papers, anyway.
Ideas can come from anywhere if you keep your eyes and your imagination open.
So far this year, I've written stories based on the following:
- a song
- a tweet
- a news story
- a story I wrote years ago, and
- my NaNoWriMo 2011 story.
The stories inspired by the song and the tweet arrived almost fully formed, I wrote each of them down in one go.
The story based on my old story took a little work but the basics were there right away.
The news story and my NaNo draft were the inspiration for stories which don't have much in common with their seed anymore. I brainstormed, started the stories and stopped to revise their premises and began again. Getting from initial idea to realising the stories' full potential took a bit of work. The news story doesn't have much in common with my fictionalised version anymore. It's okay, I never set out to write an alternative version to what was in the papers, anyway.
Ideas can come from anywhere if you keep your eyes and your imagination open.
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