This blog post is all about how to come up with story ideas that you are excited about!
What is self-publishing?
Put simply, self-publishing is publishing a book without the involvement of a publisher. You take charge of everything from the concept through to the marketing.
Why do you need exciting story ideas?
Because you will be with your book for a while at least. Anywhere between a few weeks (depending on the length of your book) to years in some cases.
Our debut novel ‘Meet Me At 10’ took 2 years to bring to life. (Oh I’ve learned a lot since then!)
Brainstorming story ideas.
An easy way to come up with story ideas is simply to brainstorm.
I literally wrote this out in seconds.
Pick 3-4 things out of this brainstorm.
I’ll go first…
- Soldier
- Journey
- Betrayed
- Love
Then you can start to add sentences around those words such as:
A SOLDIER was coming back from war. Had a long JOURNEY home. He was looking to propose to the LOVE of his life, but got home and felt BETRAYED by what he saw.
Again, I made that up in seconds.
Already, I can imagine the theme and setting of the book. I can even picture the soldier telling his friends about his wonderful girlfriend, only to find she has broken his heart.
What happened?
And what happens now…..?
Try brainstorming story ideas yourself.
At this stage, DO NOT EDIT.
You want to come up with lots of ideas where you have the luxury of picking the best, most exciting book idea for you to work with.
Book ideas generator
These kinds of things are great.
You will end up with endless book ideas!
Check out this online book ideas generator.
I’ve personally used this one before. I think for names and personalities too.
Or what about the ‘Writer’s Toolbox’?
A fun way to come up with all kinds of book ideas! We actually have this ourselves! It was a very thoughtful gift.
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Books that can help you…
You can’t go wrong with this book.
All you need to do is what I did in the beginning and add the words, names, situations to sentences and see what happens!
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How to get story ideas for fiction writing – FICTION SQUARES!
How do you use them?
You can draw your own out or use ours.
In the first column, come up with some occupations/characters.
In the next column, write out random objects.
Column 3, write out different locations.
In column 4, write out motivations. These are things like:
Love, hunger, greed, revenge, justice etc.
(You need these to make a good book- it’s the driving force)
Then lastly, you want an obstacle (known as a conflict). This makes your story interesting for the reader. It would be boring if it all went to plan, right?
Now pick different combinations and think of which genres these would fit and see which ones spark an interest.
Then what?
You’ve picked your favourite 2-3, now what?
How exactly do you take that from an idea, to a first draft of a book?
Well, that’s where we come in…
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Picture the scene where you see your debut novel gracing the shelves on Amazon or even your favourite book shop. How elated and proud will you feel telling all your friends and family that you are now a published author?
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How To Write A Novel From Scratch covers:
- How to come up with a book idea you will be excited about.
- How to create a compelling title.
- What to include in your specific genre (the do’s and don’ts of the bestsellers!).
- Ideas for your front cover according to your genre.
- How to come up with the perfect ending for YOUR book.
- How many characters you will need and how to make them come alive!
- Lists of quirks for your characters to make them interesting.
- What to research and how in order to make your book more believable.
- Plot twists – how to create them and where to put them!
- The inciting event – how to start your story with a bang!
- The opening line – get your readers hooked right away!
- Character arcs – how to make your character go on a journey in your book.
- The complete plan that includes everything ready for you to write!
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