hi y'all i'll be opening up beta reading slots again on sept 1 (and sharing some cool stuff) over on ko-fi! ko-fi.com/krismf/tiers
@kenbryan3392 ай бұрын
Love this video! I’m not short of story ideas more like scene by scene ideas. For me, sometimes a word or phrase from a book or a premise of a movie etc might suddenly trigger an idea and then I keep getting triggered until I have more and more info on that idea. Like my brain working in the background. Sometimes I mash ideas from books and movies together. Take pieces from here and there and then shuffle them around until I have something I like.
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
i’m also a very scene-based writer! sometimes i work backwards from what i think is a cool scene idea
@kenbryan3392 ай бұрын
@@KrisMF The problem is I usually have the starting scene and no ending so it so hard to figure out all the others. xc
@nahlanoelle88252 ай бұрын
TBH, I feel that anything that resonates with you, even quickly, resonates for a reason. So if you use a prompt-generator and something strikes you, it's all about figuring out WHY. Why am I so drawn to this idea and within that WHY you can find that passion. So I think any idea whether it's yours or not, can work. After all, most of our ideas don't come from ourselves but are triggered by things around us. We read a book and we think of something, see a film and go, I really like that, hear some kind of news event that just gets stuck in our head. I don't see why a prompt-generator would be different.
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
i agree, i think my thesaurus analogy didn’t make that clear enough but that’s how i feel about writing prompt generators too
@bydianaalexandria8 күн бұрын
this is some of the most constructive, yet gentle advice i’ve heard for writers. i deeply appreciate it, thank you for sharing!
@lydiabell73042 ай бұрын
Kris!! I just finished interview with a vampire too, absolutely obsessed! But I came here to say that you reframing 'write what you know' to 'write what matters to you' is actually such an incredible and more useful way of looking at it, so thank you!
@theceeativelifeofana17 күн бұрын
This was so inspiring! Thank you ❤
@AdamFishkin2 ай бұрын
The deeply helpful thing you've pointed out here is that ideas are the building blocks, and a premise is the result. Following this logistically: the premise builds out into the structure, and through the structure you pack the storytelling meat. Then prose is threaded as a layer around the meat. I'm so happy for this metaphor. As for theme, we as author sort of collaborate on this with the readers. To resonate with a theme is to interpret, and if observing other people's interpretations has taught me anything (which I hope it hasn't), it's that we will collectively take the most basic possible theme and use it to fatally beat all of the horses. Remember, kids, sleep deprivation is not your friend. Happy Tuesday, Kris.
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
all themes are technically “basic” without the context of a story and that’s okay. sorry to the horses
@AdamFishkin2 ай бұрын
I'm sorry too. You'll hear people say the horses were dead when they got there, but that's not true. It was either David Benioff or D.B. Weiss who said "themes are for 8th grade book reports". They were joking. I look forward to a future where more authors have fun.
@rachehester2 ай бұрын
WOW new kris video IM SUDDENLY HAPPY T___T
@jennlimwrites2 ай бұрын
Okiee the lighting and video quality here is amazing ✨ my brain is a little fuzzy right now so I’ll need to rewatch a few times to let it soak in but I’ll definitely be trying that log line exercise.
@charis91852 ай бұрын
aaah new video, i love the warmer lighting, you look so pretty 💖
@that.writer.girly.72 ай бұрын
Personally I love self inserts even if it’s in small ways because it gives almost a reference to make the characters more complex
@excusemeyourock2 ай бұрын
pitches and blurbs are honestly so fun as part of the ideation process hehe it's like being able to roll around in an idea like a cat with catnip LOL
@DiinoLeHarlequin2 ай бұрын
Omg I can't WAIT for season 3 of interview with the vampire!!
@madebymalayka2 ай бұрын
I never considered writing log lines before! 🩷 Some of these ideas have been stewing around in my brain for nearly a decade and they're just as messy as they were when I was 15 😅 Love this, Kris!
@nataliejaneshields2 ай бұрын
My favorite thing to do when brainstorming a new story idea is to write down the elements of a story that I want. For my historical romance novel, that was a stubborn/strong-willed female lead, the setting to feel like a character, and disability representation through the love interest. From there I started listing plot elements that would use all three until something clicked!
@briellewrites2 ай бұрын
Your advice is always so valuable and you are so so well spoken!!!! Will be taking so many of these tips into my process going forward 💖
@kelleyiswriting2 ай бұрын
I have so many story ideas so this topic has always been really interesting to me!! I love the way you break down ideation 💛Maybe I'll make a video like this on my channel...sometime before the new year 😆
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
hehehe yes make it!!!!! ✨
@hal_dd22182 ай бұрын
Oh, I really love you! Thank you so much! I remember asking you this question. I don't know if you saw it or not, but I really need this video❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
yeah i remember! i’ve been getting requests for this video so hopefully it can be helpful
@that.writer.girly.72 ай бұрын
The only time I’ll use writing prompts is if it’s like a short few minutes of writing for honors English
@Lara_Ameen2 ай бұрын
As someone who is a screenwriter, novelist, and short fiction writer, I really appreciate your discussion of loglines! I always think in loglines because of my screenwriting background, so 1 line pitches come a bit easier to me for novels now because of it. And thank you for being open to changing your language regarding our ongoing pandemic (I saw your comment on another post.) As a disabled/immunocompromised viewer who is also BIPOC and queer, I appreciate your willingness to learn. Please keep making awesome videos! 🥰
@whatareyousayinggirl2 ай бұрын
just a heads up but language like "during the pandemic" ignores the reality that the pandemic is still ongoing and that many disabled, immunocompromised, and elderly people are still largely unable to leave their homes. Disabled, BIPOC, and queer communities are being hit the hardest in this "post pandemic" time, and as a viewer who is affected and who watches your videos for comfort, it can hurt to hear the pandemic spoken about as though it is in the past ❤ love your work
@KrisMF2 ай бұрын
@@whatareyousayinggirl i should have specified i meant 2020 specifically. thank you for the reminder 🫶
@Lara_Ameen2 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying this! As a disabled/immunocompromised, queer, and BIPOC viewer who is very COVID conscious, I’m really glad someone else pointed this out! I’m never sure if I should or not, so thank you! 💜