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How To Create A Never Ending List Of Story Ideas
8 techniques to keep your idea machine humming
Is there anything worse than staring a blank screen and flashing cursor?
The start is the hardest part of the writing session. Every prolific writer has a secret to generating consistent content. Inspiration happens all the time, but never when you need it. That’s why I use a simple two-part system.
- Capture ideas
- Transform ideas into stories — otherwise known as writing
Before I dive into my methods, we need to focus on source material — capturing ideas. I journal every night. Most of my story ideas source begin with a journal entry. There are more forms of journaling than there are journalers. I follow a simple process. It has served me well for the last three years. You can read about it here.
Four of the idea transformation methods I share with you produce eighty percent of my stories. The remaining techniques produce the rest, but they come in handy when I feel like I’m going through a rut or when my writing feels stale.
How do we transform our ideas into meaningful stories? Let’s dive into the eight techniques.
