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Q&A How to come up with original ideas for stories?

I seem to have several ideas for fanfiction novels. I'm working on a long fanfiction at the moment that's quite complex and I'm trying to practice editing. I would like to write some original sh...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by egan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:24:07Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31599
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar egan‭ · 2019-12-08T07:24:07Z (over 4 years ago)
I seem to have several ideas for fanfiction novels. I'm working on a long fanfiction at the moment that's quite complex and I'm trying to practice editing.

I would like to write some original short stories because novels take years of work. I write just for me, mainly because nobody really likes my writing. I'm not really looking to write as a profession but I still would like to write original stories.

The problem is I can't seem to think of anything beyond fanfiction and writing prompts don't really help. I can't write unless I have the whole story from beginning to end.

What should I do?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-21T23:42:30Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 7