How to come up with story ideas

How does a writer come up with story ideas? Whether you’re suffering from writer’s block, or you’re a new writer desperately looking for a story idea, we all need writing inspiration from time to time. In this video I share my creative process, how I fill my creative well, and my ultimate secret for generating story ideas. You’ll learn how to come up with story ideas fast and easy.
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[@simplyarden4190]

I literally came up with an idea right in the middle of this video because of this advice! Thank you and I appreciate YOU! I've actually had the idea for some time and didn't even know it.

[@hoagie-xs9rr]

How do you have an idea without realizing it? just curious

[@Writing4Jesus247]

You described San Antonio very well and great Spanish accent!

[@taylor_drift1]

Super helpful tips! This channel is awesome!

[@AlishaAFoster]

this video absolutely rocks. thank you

[@absplayz4890]

Thank you Michael!Now I find writing stories much easier!

[@bellaamos]

I subscribed, I loved these tips so helpful I have a story to write for a class and I’ve been stuck for the entire day

[@aliciacatherineegan]

Thank you for this!

[@eallae]

Your channel is so underrated. Honestly, I've been subscribed to you since when you had something like 5 videos up. I've been catching up on the videos yu posted since you came back and I'm so surprised you don't get more views and subscribers? I mean Coming up with ideas is something I've been struggling with for a while now. It is the one topics that make me want to click but, at the same time, i dread watching videos because I know people will say the same things over and over again And for once, there is a video that doesn't list the typical stuff. The method you tell us about AND the way you speak are so pleasant to listen I really hope more people see your videos But for now, let me thank you for taking the time to share. Sending love your way aaaaall the way from France

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Thank you so much, Lae. I didn’t think anyone was watching when I had 5 videos. :) I’m flattered by your comments-I’m doing my best, but KZbin is long-term game it seems. But the channel is gaining some new momentum and doing better every month, so one day we’ll see some more subscribers and views!

[@BlessedOne-jp1cy]

Excellent!

[@melessabrowne582]

I had to subscribe. Your are amazing!

[@tjahangon7286]

Thanks!

[@MonkeyTornado]

Good video. This is a convoluted question, and I think for each writer both for fiction and non fiction (I'm a fiction writer) it's different, and their ideas and thoughts of their writing just come together really. However to answer the topic, me personally I have a bunch of maladaptive daydreams of scenes, plots, and characters. Some of which make sense, others that do not. But it works out in the end and I put all those thoughts together to form a story/novel. Being a gay black/African American man who's had a tough life I study people a lot and that in turn goes into my writing and my characters, and I write things that I'm both personally familiar and unfamiliar with. I do a lot of research and reading, and watch a lot of old movies and documentaries on KZbin. As I'm a thriller writer, most of my ideas come from horror movies or graphic dramatic television dramas etc. So that's how I personally come up with story ideas.

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Studying people is important, and sounds like you’ve got it done on tight lock. And if even if your ideas are jumbled up, it doesn’t matter as long as they come through in the end.

[@DuluthTW]

Excellent recommendations (reminders). Thanks for sharing!

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Thanks, Teresa for watching every week b

[@sylverbright]

This was so helpful! Thank you!

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Thank you!

[@certifiedgamer9326]

3:40

[@rollyvisionproductions1291]

Subscribed! ✔️

[@windsonma8209]

For some reason that doesn’t always work for me, for some reason I find it if I some times try to force an Idea the Idea that comes out is not very good. But still Really Good Advice when it comes to Gaining and Growing New Ideas

[@kevinvankooten862]

The only reason i clicked this video is because the face of this guy is so amazing. It looks so sort of 'movie' like. Idk.

[@start_pause_reset6551]

For me my ideas and concepts are wierd and special in a way. When I make a story or a concept in it I cannot just tell them what it means. I have to give them clues of what it means or it will not make sense if I strait up tell you. My ideas and concepts are also best seen not told. Like for example if I told you a moth is evil in my story it wouldn't make sense. I would have to give you hints of what it ment or I have to tell you in a simplified way. All of my concepts are so detailed and they always are based off of real life, and I don't like giving everything away. I love when people make theorys! This is why I make it so detailed so I can't tell them the answer! In the simplest form, a butter fly is good and a moth is bad. Why? Because they are different. Even though they are similar one is bad, evil, gross in the eyes of the butterflies and that they are pure, exceptional, and the best. I love making every little thing something big and special.

[@alannothnagle]

I loved this video and agree with it wholeheartedly. Sadly, however, none of this is really possible during the Covid lockdown we've had here in Europe for over a year, and with no end in sight. I essentially never go anywhere or see anybody. Sure, I go to the park, and I go to the grocery store, and I talk to my GF, but that's it. TV and KZbin are not a sufficient replacement. In better days, I used to travel to distant lands, where I'd arrive with a vague idea and a notebook, and then let my novel write itself, with the situations and characters literally presenting themselves to me as I traveled and observed. I long for a return to those days - perhaps by this coming summer...

[@YourMom-ob2wi]

Hello so I needed a story idea I want to create a musical and I needed a story idea

[@vincentkeith5259]

Good tips - I once got slapped for holding a door open - I like your experience better.

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Slapped for holding a door open?? Do tell!

[@vincentkeith5259]

Way back, 1979, 80 I was at WSU. I saw a girl walking toward the doors as I was leaving the student union, so I stood there holding it open. She got to me turned slapped me in the face - not all that hard, but it was kind of shocking. "I can open my own doors." Then she walked away. Naturally I came up with a quick snappy reply, about ten minutes later. My guess? She'd just flunked a mid-term, maybe a bad breakup. Could have been a radical feminist, although they were fairly rare at my college. I'll never know. It's just one of those little mysteries of life. I was still holding the door when three more girls waked through, I must have looked a bit like a stunned ox, standing there - I suspect with my jaw hanging lose and a stupid look on my face. They managed to make it past me before bursting into laughter. I can only imagine what they were thinking. I still hold doors open.

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Best comment of the year. :) Love this story LOL

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

My wife sometimes attends a summertime teacher's conference in San Antonio. During the day I wander on foot with my backpack and laptop. I've eaten at Mi Tierra, too. Did you find O'Henry's house near Casa Navarro? O'Henry wrote several short stories there and published a newspaper called The Rolling Stone (no connection to the modern tabloid). His satire in The Rolling Stone upset the large German community in San Antonio, so he moved to Austin, got (probably) framed for embezzlement, and sold his newspaper to William Cowper Brann of Waco. Brann renamed it The Iconoclast. Brann's acid pen drove enormous subscription growth, and he used his questionable popularity to direct unwelcome attention on Baylor University when the University President's brother impregnated a young Venezuelan housekeeper. A staunch Baylor supporter murdered Brann down near the historic Waco suspension bridge over the Brazos, I think searching for some way to get him to shut the heck up. Just another reason there is more to Texas literature than tumbleweeds. I always enjoy your videos!

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Cool history lesson! No, I didn’t make it to O’Henry’s house. We did the touristy stuff since it was our first time there.

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

@@AuthorLevelUp O Henry loved "the four million" (New York) but he left a mark in Texas. If you come back to the area, the O Henry house in Austin is probably a nicer place to visit than the little stone hut in San Antonio. I didn't know about his house in S.A., but when I saw the little building from about five blocks away it was like there was a sunbeam from the heavens lighting it. I had to know what it was. It was closed, but i got to breathe the air.

[@wyattsaia1685]

I could use some advice, I love writing and the process of it but I’m not that creative, is it wrong if I write fan fic? I find myself enjoying it and I think I’m pretty good at it

[@AuthorLevelUp]

There’s nothing wrong with fan fic, but it severely limits what you can do with your career. A lot of people say they’re not creative and are good at fan fic-that’s a bit of an oxymoron to me. Maybe it’s just that you need to try more original fiction-the more you do it, the easier it gets.

[@wyattsaia1685]

Author Level Up thank u very much I truly appreciate both ur advice and ur time. I most definitely listen to it and see where I can go from there

[@AuthorLevelUp]

Good luck, Wyatt!

[@vincentkeith5259]

Wyatt, fan fic is a good place to start, writing is the best way to learn to write.I occasionally do fan fiction based on the Skyrim game - part of it is driven by wanting to get the most out of the game, part of it is practice - since I'm not going to publish it, I worry less and experiment more. Part of it is learning, I've got one story that I've been working on (185 pages - and it's not done) that I wrote partly as a project for Character Crusade, and partly because I wanted to learn how to write from a female perspective, and also work on first person perspective. Doing it as fan fiction gave me a structure and world, so I could concentrate on story an perspective. It seems a shame that it'll never get published but I've shared early versions with fellow gamers. Michael is right, if you can do fan fiction, you can likely do your own. Idea's tend to breed ideas. For me, the biggest difference is that you'll need to work out your "world" that your characters will live rather than using someone else's. The advantage is that no one is going to call you out when you differer from the source material (at least until your second book).

[@wyattsaia1685]

Vincent Keith thank you for your advice the thing with me is, that Star Wars is like...my favorite thing...ever...and I feel very passionately about these characters and the franchise as a whole. Both my parents told me I should voice my opinion and maybe one day I could write a movie. That’s my dream, I have been writing a story based in the universe that is something I think both me and the majority of the fan base will enjoy. One day I hope to go to Lucasfilm and display my skills to them

[@iainhanley5461]

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