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Q&A What is the best way to generate ideas?

I want to write a novel, but I want to write that novel using my best idea currently... it's just that, I don't have an idea, at least not one that I deem worthy of the time and effort involved in ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jared Eli Walsh‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:51:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jared Eli Walsh‭ · 2019-12-08T06:51:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
I want to write a novel, but I want to write that novel using my best idea currently... it's just that, I don't have an idea, at least not one that I deem worthy of the time and effort involved in producing my first novel draft. Is brainstorming the best way to generate ideas? What are some questions I could ask myself? Questions about what I want my novel to be? What message I want to provide to my readers?

I want to write a story that I would want to read... should I start there, and just come up with everything that I would want to visualize while reading/writing it?

Please tell me your thoughts on this, idea generating business...

I don't mean give me ideas, and I'm not asking for a secret map that leads to me discovering the iridescent sap of the legendary idea tree, at the end of the lucid dream spiral dimension... lol.

Just what works for you.

Thanks.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-08-08T05:07:54Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 6