How To Think Of A Book Idea 📖 PREPTOBER 2023

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Coming up with a great idea - or choosing between all your ideas - can be a struggle. Today, I’m explaining my process for brainstorming book ideas.
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0:00 Intro
1:20 If you Have No Ideas
2:38 Preptober Planner
3:43 What You Know So Far
6:05 Creating Boundaries
9:02 Brainstorming Tips
12:04 Brainstorming Pages
13:10 Brainstorm The Premise
16:27 Choose Your Favorites
19:46 Expand 3 Potential Ideas
25:06 Is It Big Enough?
28:34 Brainstorm Scenes
30:22 More Thoughts on Brainstorming
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@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Preptober writing and planning continues today as we discuss how to think of good book ideas AND how to choose which one you'll write. Hope this is helpful!!

@joannaholden943 8 ай бұрын

Clicked on this so fast! Listening while I get made up for the day. ❤ I'm one of those writers that has more ideas than I could possibly write BUT not all of them have enough substance to make a full novel out of. So this video is helping me think through those elements as I pick which project to outline this month.

@michellem7225 8 ай бұрын

I would totally read the “Witch with a magic pickle” story! 😂

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

haha, yes! I was wondering if anyone would mention that!

@KelsieSteltingAuthor 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! I’m wrapping up a 14 book series and it’s so hard to decide what to do next!

@winternymphaea 8 ай бұрын

thank you for doing this! this year is my first nanowrimo and I am really intimidated and scared I am going to lose ideas half way through, but your videos are helping soooo much!

@katendress6142 8 ай бұрын

I am usually the person with the "I have one million ideas and I have no idea which one to choose" problem but this time I am trying to write Book 2 in a series and it's kinda throwing me because I have the basics and a setting and a trope (forced proximity/locked down together) but other than that no real idea of the conflict so thank you.

@sarahcallinan 8 ай бұрын

This is the preptober topic I’ve been looking forward to most!!

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Yay! Let me know how it goes for you!

@sophielafleche3803 8 ай бұрын

OMG Pretty Little Liars is my guilty pleasure show haha. One thing that helps to is not to get caught up in having an 'original idea'. Alot of people think they need to avoid anything that has been done or is cliche etc. But there isn't really anything much left out there that hasn't been done. What matters is your own unique writing style and ideas to it.

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Me toooo! I love it. And I agree. It's so tempting to put that pressure on ourselves as totally unique, but honestly, you can make ideas fresh with a simple hook or characters!

@stephw1702 8 ай бұрын

One thing which I find helps when plotting is to ask questions. "What if a childhood imaginary friend suddenly appeared to you, totally real?" Etc. I then ask more what if questions to slowly come up with ideas. From there I then write out what I love about the ideas, characters, and story. When stuck it helps to look over the list to pick out something I want to demonstrate in the scene for the day.

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Great ideas!

@matthewnelson4298 23 күн бұрын

Drop dead fred?

@ghostyplans 8 ай бұрын

Your shirt is so cute!!!!!! 😮😮😮 ❤❤❤ Thank you! I’m so excited for this month! Your workbook has been AMAZING.

@hannahheart1254 8 ай бұрын

I like your idea and you’re using my theme colors that I could see myself using for a book series someday

@truebookaddict 8 ай бұрын

I know I'll be coming back to watch these again. So much great information! Thank you.

@HP-mk2lw 8 ай бұрын

This is great. Thank you for the wonderful resources. I will have to watch this again to make sure I got it all and can work through the ideas again. I always have too many ideas so I plan to work through this again to narrow down. I love so many things lol

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

I understand this struggle! And it can sometimes feel paralyzing to have to leave any behind! I hope this ends up being helpful for you to narrow it down!

@elizabethdelafield7533 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video!! I have watched it twice-the second time stopping multiple times so I could take detailed notes. :) This is just what I needed! Thanks so much-and I can't wait until Sunday!

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Love this. So glad it was helpful! More to come!

@alykgirl10 8 ай бұрын

This !!! Absolutely amazing !!

@StudioLindsay 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice! 🙂

@fralou_sind_kreativ 8 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you, Sarra! :) I already have my novel idea. Excited for your next video. Sending love and creative vibes

@AmandaLeighYA 8 ай бұрын

Also, you can go to your library. For books, of course. But also, many libraries have movies available to check out, too.

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Such a great point!!

@stephaniecarter973 8 ай бұрын

As a pantser I love this idea to help me start planning a little. I know what I’m writing for nano this year but I will use this to plan out the series I want to start next year.

@J.Hawthorn 8 ай бұрын

This is fantastic!

@juliegolick 8 ай бұрын

This may be something you go into in your next video, but I figured I'd ask anyway: one of the things that draws me to my favourite books / movies / TV shows / etc. is really cohesive, fleshed out, deep worldbuilding. But it's precisely BECAUSE it takes so much time to do it properly that I love the books where it's been done well - it's not the sort of thing I feel I can do myself. (At least, not in any reasonable sort of time.) I've written a fair amount of fanfic in universes where there's already a lot of worldbuilding that's been done (such as Forgotten Realms for D&D) and I can just consult the wikis that other people have made, but the idea of coming up with that level of worldbuilding is absolutely daunting to me. But, at the same time, I worry that my book won't be good enough unless I have that level of worldbuilding. Help! Do I just need to choose something less ambitious? Or is there a way to do deep worldbuilding that doesn't feel like I need to come up with an encyclopaedia's worth of information in order to feel like it's "enough"?

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

If you get a chance to watch the video I posted today, that's going to give you a starting point! I think the key is to build in layers. Don't think about how you have this huge, deep world to build. That's so overwhelming! Instead, start high level and make some foundational decisions, then start layering things in. Let the rest come when you're writing the first draft and flesh it out after that draft. You can do it! If you love it so much, you're going to naturally be good at it!

@imphelpswriter 8 ай бұрын

i'm writing the story of a witch with a magical pickle!

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

I knew someone would jump on that 🥒

@imphelpswriter 8 ай бұрын

As soon as you said it I was like "ME"@@HeartBreathings

@dawnmcmurray8535 8 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on how you pick a book to write for NaNo when you have too many starts or ideas? That's where I am right now

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

Did you watch the full video? If not please watch for the suggestions on how to pick between your ideas! If you did watch it all, I suggest going through that process and seeing where you're still struggling.

@tasharaines7119 8 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on how to structure a serial? It's what I'm writing for Nano, but I've been working on it for a while and I keep rewriting it.

@HeartBreathings 8 ай бұрын

I do have a video that talks about this a little if you want to start there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqivgqafd7SlpZo But I would like to update this because I think some of the way serials are done is changing since I made this!