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

One suggestion: Go at it differently. Create two characters, completely made up or composites of friends and acquaintances. Then just start having them talk to each other. Don't worry what the sto...

posted 7y ago by DPT‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:24:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar DPT‭ · 2019-12-08T07:24:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
One suggestion:

Go at it differently. Create two characters, completely made up or composites of friends and acquaintances. Then just start having them talk to each other. Don't worry what the story is. Make them talk to each other. Do that with a few different made up characters. See what comes out of it. When they come up with something you like, see if you can develop it into a short story by adding in the other elements like narrative and so on.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-21T23:48:38Z (almost 7 years ago)
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