Sometimes they come to me in a dream. Sometimes I wonder what if? Sometimes I see something on TV, or at the movies, or online, or on the street. The voices in my head tell me. If you’re a writer, these are all perfectly acceptable answers to the BIG question: Where do you get your ideas?
Roz over at Nail Your Novel has a great post here about getting story ideas for free. Check it out and tell me: Where do you get your ideas?
Listening to people talk? Yeah, I've done that...on accident! At the park, at the dentist office, at the vets. Crazy conversation turn into to story ideas!
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Listening to my characters, staring at the sky on a starry night, dreams, other novels. People in general can create the best stories just by watching them! You never know what you'll end up with!
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ReplyDeleteMore often than not an image I've seen lodges in the subconscious and the subconscious then builds on my interpretation of that image = in a dream I see the characters from my own imagination in cinematic glory (movie format), which I then have to put into words!
I've made mention of one such novel on my blog inclusive of the picture that inspired the writing of the novel. It's a historical.
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Mine just sort of happen. I can't ever claim inspiration. A random thought pops into my head so I jot it down. Sometimes it becomes a story.
ReplyDeleteI get my ideas from fantasy art, movies, walks with the dogs, and driving in the car.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, it's a mystery. Sometimes it's something more formed, like seening a character in a book or movie, but often it's just a spoken line or a concept/problem that pops unbidden into my head.
ReplyDeleteI really love it when that happens. :)
Nothing fancy from me. There's an ever-flowing fount in my head, I guess...
ReplyDeleteMy last big idea came while drying my hair and asking myself what if questions:) It turned into a 3 book series, so I think I'll stick with this method.
ReplyDeleteGood question. Like Misty, I often get an idea while doing something mundane (vacumming, showering, drying my hair).
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's just a sentence that pops into my head. Sometimes a song. Sometimes a story I've seen somewhere else but want to spin another way. Sometimes it's a mash up of two stories...
For me it is almost always a 'what if' while I'm doing something ordinary and as soon as I ask myself that, characters pop in and take over. If it festers in my pea brain long enough, I put it in my Idea Notebook. If it keeps festering and niggling, then it gets written.
ReplyDeleteI typically write YA, so when I'm looking for a new idea I often ask my teenager what would make an awesome story. She is great for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteMine are almost always based on true events that I've felt, seen, or experienced. N
ReplyDeleteWeird as it might sound, my best ideas come to me while I'm driving.
ReplyDeleteStalled traffic, the mind that wanders a bit helped by some music, and some interesting item often pops up.
The real trick is to keep hold of it until I can get home... :-)
Silly question.
ReplyDeleteThe right question is where DON'T I get my ideas. ;P
I hate to admit it, but my best ideas come from dreams and long soaks in the tub. Silly, I know. But there it is!
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