HOW TO COME UP WITH A *BOOK IDEA* EASY 💭 brainstorm + plan your next novel with these 4 steps

[@Grac1efilms]

Anas channel is such a help Ever since i saw one of her videos i have been writing storys and watching her videos for tips if you need help with nay tips or ideas you should 100% watch her videos i love her and her vids so so so much !! 💗

[@ananeu]

aw your the sweetest soul xx

[@Grac1efilms]

@@ananeu OMG TYSM SM FOR REPLYING TO ME I LOVE YOU SM !!!!

[@Grac1efilms]

@@ananeu OMG YOU PINNED MY COMMENT !! ANA I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!'

[@Dunluvros]

Hellloo !! May I ask you please

[@ma44692]

I have a tip: focus on creating characters and let them take you through the story! figure out what scenes and actions need to take place in order for them to transform:)

[@garimakaushik4508]

Do you follow Abbie Emmons?

[@Cherry-rc1zk]

​@@garimakaushik4508 I swear I actually thought it was Abbie's comment for a second 😂

[@mehmoodaakther3677]

😂​@@Cherry-rc1zk

[@Whatuphoswat]

Thanks

[@loiegibler]

Finding a reason for my stories is the hardest part of writing for me. I like to just sit down and start writing whatever comes out of my brain without thinking about it before hand but if there's no clear purpose I get bored of it. Thanks for the ideas, it really helped!

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

Same issue here. Ok great I want to write a book about vampires. Now what? I need help discovering the obstacles they would have to overcome, or the mystery they need to solve. This is like a Tim Burton set with actors and no script. Everybody's dressed up but nobody knows what to do.

[@Whatuphoswat]

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[@lilacfields]

@@cosmic-fortytworight! i can think of ideas and concepts but not an actual plot.

[@Evybooks]

I love Pinterest for story ideas, it's so satisfying if you find something that seems to be out of our story. I love seeing pintrest pages from other writers. Maybe you can make a video where you look at pintrest pages of writers, I'd love to see a video like that.

[@tiniwhiffles]

the way i figure out book ideas is to not stress it as much as i used to. i used to go on sprees searching endlessly on youtube and other platforms on the internet for ways to get book ideas. i was forcing myself to watch media just to get an idea in my head even if i didn't like the shows LMAO i realize now that everything in this video + others will help different kinds of writers no matter what, but some people prefer to take it at a slower pace and i appreciate how your videos are extremely inclusive (?) and can work for nearly any type of writing !!

[@ouch6637]

Anytime I want to start writing, I feel like I have so many ideas, but then I put them on paper and realize nothing makes sense and all my ideas suck

[@JeanneMyBeloved]

I recently started my book , and for the first time I want to take my writting seriously ! I called it "A Flower Yet To Bloom" It's about a 19 year old named Tiny Who's trapped within a relationship with his abusive husband Leon (We will soon learn he was forced into this marriage) , he thinks himself hopeless and fully under Leon's grasp , but during a particuarly dark night , while he was on his way home from school, he witnesses something he shouldn't have , and so the mafia kidnaps him and he gets involved with the Mafia leader , who offers him a life of luxury alongside him , but , will this life be any better than the life he already has ? Thankies Anastasia for making these videos , they've been really helpful for me as it inspires me not to give up and writte in english in spite of it not being my first language

[@anaalovesyouu]

GURL YOU SAVED MY LIFE! I have a hard time brainstorming ideas for my books, so thank you!!

[@omnijonn277]

Some of my ideas will be inspired from real life history. I wrote them and save them later for research. I focus on writing down the story then refined, edit, and polished them.

[@kamiya5222]

Also Ana I really wanna see you do a 12hr or 24hr write-a thon idk if it’s just me but I think it would be really funny and cool

[@ananeu]

hehe what a cool idea!!

[@zaynabywrites]

usually, my ideas begin with juts a vibe, then when I'm able to figure out what themes are meaningful to me, mostly everything flows from there. 💞

[@-writerplayzgacha-9110]

Happy New year, Ana! I'm planning my book, So far I've been working on my chapters and what they'll be about. Thank you for the amazing tips.

[@katerinavrsecka5745]

I actually come up with book idea during whatching this video😂

[@lade18]

Waiting for it to start!! Going to be wonderful 💜💜

[@MariJadeWrites]

I just finished writing a draft of my urban fantasy project RC! :D yay! so exciting! watching this video for no reason at all because I already know I will work on project PT next, already started chapter 1 and 2 haha. Yay! :D thanks for the lovely video, ana!

[@mythologyalt3966]

Well done!

[@MariJadeWrites]

@@mythologyalt3966 thank you!

[@ananeu]

congrats bestie!! ur going so well xx

[@bellasguitar13]

My book is about a girl who woke up in a coffin and she managed to get out and its all about her figuring out that shes actually dead and the reason why she found it so hard to get out of the coffin is bc she was leaving her body. And she watched her burial and stuff it's actually kinda cool

[@ananeu]

okay. i need this rn???

[@linaaznk]

This video is really helpful. Thank you!! I have a lot of problems with my ideas, because they often are just for magic systems and don't have a plot...

[@journeysilvers9838]

I have the exact opposite problem! I love making characters/their relationship dynamics and plot but the world building and making magic system rules are super hard for me

[@linaaznk]

@@journeysilvers9838 For me characters are not that easy but I always find a way to create them. Often my side characters have super interesting conflicts but my main character is just boring (like the mc has no internal stuff)

[@journeysilvers9838]

@@linaaznk I had some similar concerns with my MC at first, since her sister is actually the character with the important "savoir" role and magic and whatnot in the story. I came to find that even if she isn't the character with the most interesting position, tying her to the characters who are gives her an interesting perspective and a way to subvert audience expectations too :)

[@ananeu]

I’ll be doing a magic system video soon so hopefully that can help xx

[@itsmelala1714]

omgg i really need the magic system one, it's so hard!

[@MentallyUnstableAndFun]

What I always struggle with is not having original ideas, and even if I start writing that project I always feel guilty for ‘stealing’ the authors idea.

[@Skillissue-s7l]

As long as it’s not the exact plot or idea it’s fine, cus it’s fine to use a character personality or smth

[@KaiMasterOfFire3]

Can’t wait to watch!😊

[@reezers101]

Yay another video, though I missed the premiere because my internet was off 😭😭. Since I'm currently in the brainstorming/planning stage of a project this is helpful, thank you 👏🏽.

[@rachelcarter6598]

I JUST FINISHED MY FIRTS BOOK AND THATS VECAUSE YOU VAVE MYE MOTIVATION

[@Dylan-xi9je]

hey ana!! new subscriber here :) I’ve literally been binge watching your videos since I discovered your channel and it kinda happened at the perfect time cause I just started writing my book a couple weeks ago My book is like a historical fiction/psychological?? kinda a mix of both but I’m super excited to get more into it!! anyways, i love your content and all your projects sound so interesting!! and I’d love it if you did another video where you read subscriber’s first sentences/chapters and stuff, those are really fun to watch :)

[@ananeu]

so so cool! i love ur story already!! and ofc! id love to do another video like that soon!! xx

[@Softy..]

Ana could we have another video where you read our first chapters? Thank you so much for your content, you have saved my writing. Love you so much!!

[@LoloBaker]

Ahhh I was asleep during the premiere! Anyways great vid, as I’m in the second chapter of a new draft! I also sort of plot as I go haha. Thanks ana and great vid!

[@kamiya5222]

I’m 6 chapters in my book and 12,228/50,000 which is great at least for me

[@ananeu]

slayyyyy bestieee❤

[@pixelysandwich]

4:22 saving this

[@xy-kii7627]

ilysm this is such a big help ty!

[@superjellyfish1]

Just the video I need!

[@ananeu]

yay!! so glad 🥹

[@lottie-fj6yq]

hi ana I just wanted to ask if maybe you could do a video or a podcast episode on how to come up with / brainstorm your books overall message and kind of what that means and some examples of how your characters can come to that conclusion and therefore teach the readers because I’m really struggling lol. Also this video was really helpful because I had no clue how to brainstorm and when I first came up with this idea i decided to just straight into planning 😅

[@ananeu]

such a cool idea!🤍I’ll def try to xx

[@mehmoodaakther3677]

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[@hrbartista]

Awesome video, Ana! But I have a question that made me think the whole week about it. There is this A.I. called "ChatGPT", where we can chat with it and train it to give ideas about any topic we want. And I wanted to know if using ideas from the A.I. is considered cheating. Should I just use my own ideas if I want a story of my own? Or can I get the help from ChatGPT and make him help me think of some aspects of my story? Is it wrong to use the A.I. if I want to publish my own stories?

[@ananeu]

this is such an interesting concept! ill def love to check this out and see if i can do a video discussion about it!!🤍

[@hrbartista]

@@ananeu Thanks! If the use of the A.I. isn't considered cheating, it can be of great help to authors that struggle with creativity. But, we can't depend 100% on that tool, because it can destroy our creativity, and make us dependent of the A.I. There are lots of cons and pros that you can talk on your video, I'll love it!

[@veriveryluvr]

using a.i to help you mold and create is really fun. since the a.i is trained on things that real people have said, in a way it’s like asking a friend to help you out. actually once i was playing with a.i dungeon a few years ago and i was just writing and i ended up creating this story idea that i really liked, and I’ve been writing it on and off since 2020 (i’m kinda bad at seeing things through lol). but also in the past i play with the a.i and it helps me develop backstory and characters and things by asking questions to me! a.i is really cool. it’s not bad or anything if it’s just helping you get from point a to point b.^^

[@drmrplant-ONE]

i have a world, i have characters, i have ideas. But im lost on the main plot

[@premamuthukumar5352]

I relate

[@drmrplant-ONE]

@@premamuthukumar5352 I feel like that should be the first thing I get down, but here we are

[@the_enchanted_glader]

Hi ana I've recently had this idea, it's not exactly a plot yet but I'm hoping to build it up a bit it's more like a few vague ideas, this is what i've come up with so far it's a mix of fantasy and dystopian humanity is forced to live behind a wall their are monsters that roam in the everlasting darkness, their are a group of five people that could end it only if they dared the working name I have for it is evernight also the videos that you put out are really increadable :)

[@wellsfiction711]

Oh this sounds so good! Makes me think of a darker version of the maze runner.

[@the_enchanted_glader]

@@wellsfiction711 thanks 🥰

[@ananeu]

are you kidding?! this idea is AWESOME!!🤍love the concept

[@the_enchanted_glader]

@@ananeu thank you so much 😊

[@marliestol9414]

This sounds so cool, I wish I could read it someday. Good luck with writing 🍀🍀🍀

[@amitapatole5885]

Okay, I'm curious as to why you won't post your books on wattpad [The ones you aren't going to publish in hard copies because I have a feeling that you have those books.] Is it like not your thing, or you just don't want to post on wattpad? Because I'm sure people would love love love to read your stories. Plus it's an interesting way to gain extra followers on youtube because everyone would benefit from your tips and tricks like I have

[@Dayluj32]

Thank you so much! That video's gonna be super helpful! Also, can I suggest a video idea? Can you do one about how to chose which theme is better for a story? I have this world and characters since a long time ago that I'm really passionate about, but I can't decide if I should go for a Lord of the Rings style, with the characters traveling the world for some reason, if I should go for a Red Queen style, with the characters dealing with politics of the world and stuff, if I should focus on the romance... I really struggle with this and I think that maybe other people do so too :)

[@ananeu]

such an interesting and unique concept! id love to see if I can do a video like this!🤍

[@Dayluj32]

@@ananeu Thank you so much! Really! 🙃😊

[@wellsfiction711]

Happy new year, Ana. Love this! What I seem to struggle with the most is creating the story from the ideas I write down. Like I sit there, staring at the brainstorm mess of ideas and am like ok how do I actually write this killer story. If you have any advice please let me know :)

[@ananeu]

ofc! please go check out my planning/plotting video i uploaded last week!🤍I know that will help xx

[@pixelysandwich]

If you’ve already made a video on it, I’ll go watch it, but can you make one about the difference between getting inspired by stories and just copying them? Thanks :D

[@kayla_playz1026]

I do have a awesome idea for a book but im currently been really lazy and kinda uninspired to plot it but basically its kinda a thriller but a romance one about 2 young people and they go on blind dates but there are abunch of murders in the city and turns out the other person is a killer and a psychopath and stuff... Quite complicated to explain tho i havent even explained the whole thing because its so complicated to do

[@ananeu]

it’s okay!! complicated stories just need time and brainstorming!🤍you can do this! ur ideas are so good 🤍

[@Lov3rsrockk]

I love your Channel!! I’m working on a new book idea called project. Freedom. It’s about a suffragette trying to earn her and other women’s freedom like Susan b. Anthony did in the past. This idea is really important to me as a woman who has been subjected to men’s harassment 😔

[@notislamay]

haha sneaky me spotted the familiar spine of Priory of the Orange Tree on your bookshelf 😅 awesome book

[@reading4ever_]

Waiting for when i can buy a computer or laptop to start writing on actual docs because im stuck using paper which is alright for plans, brainstorms or very early drafts but its so difficult to edit things 😭 anyway this channel is literally helping me love writing again along with amazing tips (and the aesthetics 🌟). Also not to mention your so pretty like omg ❤️

[@ananeu]

poor bestie! u can push through!!🤍im so glad I’m helping u 💗

[@ultrajoe4983]

Thanks Ana for the help.

[@Chiimiie]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I sat in a quiet place and thought of what i ACTUALLY want to write and what I would ACTUALLY enjoy!! Its a historic fantasy and romance!!

[@adm1erable553]

right now im writing a book called the fallen and my tip which is what i did is i watched a netflix show related to ur book i did it the other way around bc i watched the umbrella academy and decided to make a book based on it i not gonna spoi it tho

[@ItzzSamantha-i1l]

You: puts all your brain vomit into a document Me: puts it all on sticky notes

[@marieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

hi ana!! i have this book thats about this criminal who had lost her memory, and awakens in a detention centre. but there’s this guy who’s being hired temporarily by the cops to help her regain her memory and make her tell him what she did. and his prize is to leave the detention centre and be cleared of all his crimes etc. but im not very sure what to do next 😭😭 can you help or give me a vid that can help :[

[@marliestol9414]

Ana has loads of videos about writing. I recommend her videos of “how to create the perfect Character” , “How to set up your book manuscript.” And maybe a world building video or how to plot/how to plan. Good luck you got this🍀

[@marieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@marliestol9414 Thank you so much! I will go watch them now.

[@Grac1efilms]

YALL I HAVE AN AWESOME IDEA FOR MY NOVEL ITS A MASSIVE PLOT TWIST !! OK SO MY CHARCTER IS SEARCHING FOR A UNKNOWN PERSON JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DONT EXIST !!

[@peachtea7269]

I should do an info vomit page for my like, four huge projects lmao My projects are either super realistic or high fantasy and there's zero in between

[@that.british.american]

For my “brainstorm” or “brainvomit” page I call it “braintornado”, it is to crazy to be just a “storm”!!!!

[@Jesus_is_savior]

Tysm!

[@Peppi_12]

Where can I read your books? If you have published any

[@hannahheart1254]

I want to know how you added your characters from the artbreeder website onto the campfire app

[@ananeu]

def check out my campfire video! i basically just screenshot the photo of my character and upload it to campfire as an image x

[@Cinnamonn2]

THANK YOU

[@wolfa9393]

I do "books" of my OCs

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

You don't actually talk about creating a plot. Having a theme and a time period and a vibe are great but they don't move the story forward. It's dressing an elevator that never moves. I need help moving the elevator. Where is this going? i.e. what happens? That's where I'm stuck.

[@siennawritez]

she has lots of others videos that explain that! you should definitely check out her other vids, the most recent plotting videos really helped me

[@MR.PHEONIX-M]

my book idea is a girl name ana and have super power and her mission is to help peaplol thnks ana

[@tearstoneactual9773]

Please, please, please, for the love of God, do not put white text on a light or white background without adding like a stroke effect or a drop shadow, something to create contrast so that those of us who are visually challenged/impaired can see it without completely unnecessary eyestrain.

[@maria.gerani]

"I'm so excited about your story idea" proceed to never answer a comment or dm ever and never interract with her followers, but beg for engagement in her posts. Some tries so hard to be influencers and forget that there are people behind the screen.

[@CanadianRoastCrunch]

she’s in australia…that means it’s like in the middle of the night for her right now she replied to so many comments of mine and other people you just have to wAIT for her to wake up and then she hearts a bunch of comments and replies

[@ananeu]

@@CanadianRoastCrunch thank you so much😭ahh people don’t know i wanna post when you guys are most active and that is midnight for me when im super tired. thank you sm for being patient 🤍

[@bubblyabby]

as someone who can't think of ideas for the life of me, i envy so badly people who can naturally just *poof* an idea-

[@elmiathewriter]

This was sooo helpful, I'm beyond grateful for what you mean to the writing community 🥹🩵

[@ananeu]

your so so sweet!🤍🥹tysmm