4 Tips On How To Create A New Story Idea

Four tips on how to create new story ideasHave you ever entered a new project or got an idea for a new story (or even a genre you want to write for) and wondered how the heck you were actually going to create your new story idea? With a heavily palpating heart you grab your notebook or turn on your computer and stare at that blank screen.

This is not writer’s block, you haven’t even begun writing that blockbuster novel yet. This is something that comes first…tapping into that inner muse, that creative part of you that knows there is a story waiting to be told. Here are some tips for you.

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I Passed A Grunting Man This Morning

Lost in my own private thoughts I saw a man walking towards me similarly distracted. For some unknown reason it behooved me to say, “Good morning”. He grunted, “Morning”

What? Wait! I believe that grunting is reserved for myself to give, not receive. There are others who  willingly give a curt grunt that, while it acknowledges you, it also says “leave me alone”? But for some bizarre reason I thought that delight was left to me. To be the recipient is not something I’m fond of.

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I Thought My Wife Might Be Lottery Lucky – Nope!

Who hasn’t been convinced that they’re destined to be the next super-lottery winner? I was but after 20 years of only winning small pots (highest was $100) I figured I needed a new strategy. This time, being so lottery-savvy now, I asked my wife to go into the convenience store and told her exactly which lottery ticket to ask for. I was confident that with her “winning ways” she would become “first-time” lucky and we would be rich.

…Nope! Didn’t work, not even for a free ticket. Now what do I do? Send her in again? Ask for a divorce? Hmm…

OK, OK, I’m kidding. I won’t send her in again. And for everyone who likes a good love story I won’t divorce her because she has been my lottery ticket in life and has helped me become the person I am today (and, arguably, I’m a good person).

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