Story Idea: Writer Resources, #1

By Jesper Schmidt and Autumn M. Birt

Simple ideas, turned into rich stories.

 

This short, easy-to-use guidebook tells you exactly how to turn a fleeting story idea into a solid premise strong enough to carry an entire novel.

 

Plotting a Novel: Developing Story Ideas will teach you:

• How to get more story ideas when your creative well seems to have run dry
• How to use mind mapping to decide which story idea is the best one
• How to develop the premise, the starting point for any novel

Included within these pages is a bonus chapter on how to develop a premise for a non-fiction book. Also, you'll be able to download a list of 100 writing prompts to get you started.

 

The two bestselling authors use the method outlined in this workbook, exactly as it's laid out in this quick read, to write their own novels.

 

Get rid of writer's block forever. It's time to reclaim your creativity!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jesper Schmidt
• Release date: Aug 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393765813

Book preview

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Story Ideas

Welcome to this short read on developing story ideas. If you have any of the following questions:

How do I get ideas?

How do I turn an idea into something which can serve as a starting point for my novel?

How do I know if my idea is good enough?

...then we’re happy to say that you’ve come to the right place.

Writing a novel is a very complex and time-consuming endeavor. Every single word which survives the editing phase ends up delivering the story, originated from an initial idea or what we refer to as the premise.

It almost seems as if everything hinges on getting a good idea, this premise. One could even be led to believe that it’s a basic necessity of writing. Coming up with something original is a worry for many writers, and it doesn’t help when fellow authors are asked where they get their ideas from and the answer is, I don’t know.

There is no secret pathway leading to the best ideas in the world. The good news is that even if there were, you don’t really need it. Repel any notion that readers will only adore the most unique story ideas. It simply doesn’t work like that.

What is far more important than writing a unique story that will make readers across the world fall in love with your work is to have the idea originate from within yourself. It may very well be another romance novel, a zombie apocalypse, or a detective story, which has been seen many times before. Yet, an original story is born when you’re excited about it.

While it might seem as though we’re stating the obvious, you would be surprised to know how many writers start contemplating an initial idea for a story and, as a consequence of wanting to create something popular, turn the unique seed into something more mainstream—and something they are far less passionate about. Or, vice versa, they reject idea after idea because it isn’t unique enough and spend far more time trying to create something entirely original than they do actually writing.

Of course, there

Reviews for Story Idea

[Angel Farmer · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Story That's Screaming In The Back of Your Head

And now you can figure out how to get it out, onto the page and let it finally take a life of it's own. Whether or not you push through to publishing the story, getting it out can help new ones take form. There's nothing quite like having a story in your head that you really like and think others would as well, but sit and struggle on just how to do that.
Those nights staring at the blank page with a blinking cursor, or a blank notebook page, however you prefer to get stories out can now be a thing of the past. Autumn and Jesper do a wonderful job explaining the process they each go through to get the stories they've published down and out to their eager readers. I recommend picking it up and giving it a read (as well as any of their other books to be honest). Get that story out and living on the page ready to share with the world.
I received a copy of this book as part of the Typo Slayer team to help the authors and I am giving my honest review.