“Where do you get your story ideas?”
Writers get this question a lot in relation to their fiction. The answer, of course, varies though I do think most of the time story ideas come from something a writer wants to say. (Well, at least until they learn to write what is marketable seeing how the two usually do not coincide.)
Story ideas come from many places. Myself, I get story ideas from other stories. I often get that “Wouldn’t it be cool if…” line breeze through my mind while I’m reading or watching something else. For me, I enjoy writing stories with a twist or try to turn convention on its head as I absolutely hate tropes. On the other hand, an idea often just pops into my head. It’s kind of sad to say I don’t have a muse to inspire me, at least not one I’m aware of.
I’ve heard other writers say it but I do not get any of my ideas from my dreams. As bizarre as they may be sometimes, my dreams aren’t usually compelling enough or coherent enough to tell a good story. Besides, life can be bizarre enough on its own if you let it. Nor do writing prompts usually work for me, I guess because I don’t like being told what to do. But, that’s me.
Where do you get your story ideas from? I’d like to know.
Sadly, in one of those who get it from their dreams. Smh i remember when I thought that was both unique and ironic lol smh
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Well, it’s certainly not a bad thing. We need to get our ideas from somewhere. I probably could get some ideas from dreams if I bothered to write them down as soon as I woke up. But, true to a ‘real’ writer’s life, I’m lazy.
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Muahaha yeah it saddens me when I realize that my dreams aren’t as vivid anymore, I think it’s because I don’t feel sleeo as much. Although when I take Nyquil I have some fun dreams *searches bedside table*
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