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 | Writing Advice: Ideas  [E] Some advice on how to come up with ideas for stories.  |
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  I saw this and, naturally, wanted to read it...and thus, review it, since I'm here to do a review. lol I'm still working on my GoT reviews and this was another I decided the group of us late-comers had to do.  I see your item is quite popular! Well done! This has a LOT of reviews and I'm sure even more reads! Did you know you can see how many views your stuff has? Well, I can, but I'm not sure what your membership level is and what membership level is required. Anyway, click the gear and check things out. I forgot what it's called, but it's in there somewhere.  Anyway, I'm happy to see you've edited this at some point!  Sure, it was a very long time ago, but still, good job! I hope you update it again one of these days. I don't get writer's block, IMO. God knows I have a TON of ideas, though I admit to sometimes struggling with an idea for a certain prompt. My main problem is getting motivated to write.  Yeah, so THAT'S a thing I have serious issues with. Got a fix for that that doesn't require me to do anything? Anyway, I do know folks complain about not having ideas, so good for you for helping them! "Often you can get ideas from seeing something and you'd like to do something similar, or something regarding to something you've seen or read" -- You need a period here. I especially love the idea about having a notebook to keep ideas in, though you don't mention to also carry around a pen. I have literally hundreds of ideas in my WdC Notepad. "Having trouble coming up with names for your story?" I would change "story" to "character" because I thought you were talking about a title, but you mean a character name. "If you're looking for more of a classical name, you can ask your grandparents, or maybe even your aunts and uncles, or maybe even your parents." You use "even" a lot in this whole piece. I counted 10 times. Maybe some of those can be changed or deleted.   "If you want to give an old name a new twist, trying spelling it a different way. (ex: Simon = Psymon)" Fun spelling, especially for like a psychologist or something.  "If you would really like to incorporate an idea you don't know much on, this would be a great idea." I don't like the use of "idea" twice so close. Maybe "...this would be a great time to learn about it." Another point about going to the library to learn is that sometimes the librarians are very knowledgeable and can point you to either the best resources or some unique ones you might not have thought to use. I hadn't thought of TV as a tool for learning about what you want to write about, but you're definitely right. Good point! But I prefer the bit just before about learning from WdC. I recommend switching these 2 points and ending with learning from people and groups on WdC. Partly, this is a writing site, so it makes sense to end here, but also, it's just a stronger point to end on. I have a few ideas to add -- use a story prompt generator (there are lots on Google and WdC has one, too), go to Pinterest and look for story prompts, don't think about the plot first but try starting with a theme or character that you find interesting. For more ideas for unique or new names consider words as names, things like Talon or Quick can be interesting names. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas! Remember that my comments and opinions, good and bad, are only that -- my comments and opinions. Do what feels right for your item.  But I do hope you continue to expand this. It's a great resource. Thank you for sharing!  My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .
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