tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post8088622370154202335..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: How did you come up with the idea for your most recent work-in-progress?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-9508616547938258362017-08-10T23:43:42.458-05:002017-08-10T23:43:42.458-05:00Conference was so fun! And ready to go to another ...Conference was so fun! And ready to go to another ;) <br /><br />Most of my ideas come to me as I'm cleaning house. I do a lot of cleaning ;p My Cinderella novel idea came to me when I read the original story....kinda went crazy then ;) And then my next novel - based on and idea I had when I was younger, then life experiences filled in the details. It will be a story of me figuring out my own life as I write it ;p Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-14000131545216800772017-08-06T18:20:09.875-05:002017-08-06T18:20:09.875-05:00I like that!! :)I like that!! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851865397542806708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55791878454996194802017-08-03T17:21:53.273-05:002017-08-03T17:21:53.273-05:00My current WIP came from a vague idea to write a s...My current WIP came from a vague idea to write a story about someone who was NOT special and that's what made them the hero. (which was inspired by reading this http://aimeemeesterwrites.blogspot.com/2015/09/why-i-hate-chosen-one-cliche.html) In this story it's normal for everyone to have powers, and there are some who don't, and it's treated like a disability. But it's the fact that they don't have powers that ends up making them the ones to save the world. I really love this particular story. :D Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-50888560855660557772017-08-03T16:10:40.892-05:002017-08-03T16:10:40.892-05:00It sounds very intriguing! :)It sounds very intriguing! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851865397542806708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-81538421193396776372017-08-03T16:08:11.126-05:002017-08-03T16:08:11.126-05:00I think I first got the idea from picture prompts ...I think I first got the idea from picture prompts on Instagram. Mix this with many long bus rides home from school, and the ideas and tiny stories began to lace themselves together into my WIP today. :) I find music really helps me flesh out a story and understand my characters from different points of view in the first draft stages.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851865397542806708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20434838489411237492017-08-03T09:58:59.722-05:002017-08-03T09:58:59.722-05:00@Cassandra: Ha, I was thinking about Cap when writ...@Cassandra: Ha, I was thinking about Cap when writing the comment. Unfortunately, my character isn't as plucky. :(<br /><br />@Lillian: He had polio that stunted the growth of his right leg, so he has to walk with a cane. As for his past, he's sworn me to secrecy. ;)<br /><br />Thank you everyone for the nice comments!<br /><br />-AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22509666522810837022017-08-03T09:51:51.834-05:002017-08-03T09:51:51.834-05:00@Lillian: Good answer. It's not a hard pick fo...@Lillian: Good answer. It's not a hard pick for me. I'm Team Cap all the way. :)<br /><br />-AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-90050801351050800632017-08-03T09:32:20.516-05:002017-08-03T09:32:20.516-05:00Lillian, she's in a living-history group, call...Lillian, she's in a living-history group, called the SCA, which is officially an educational organization dedicated to teaching the arts, crafts, fighting styles, and ways of living of the Middle Ages through hands-on stuff. So you learn about medieval clothes by making and wearing them, or medieval combat by making armour and fighting in it. When a bunch of us get together, it looks a lot like the Middle Ages came back to life. So that's what the MC and I have in common. <br /><br />Yes, time-travel is fascinating! Headachy sometimes, but still lots of fun. <br /><br />https://ofdreamsandswords.wordpress.comSophia Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393680730064003675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-82332074449201394352017-08-03T08:02:38.915-05:002017-08-03T08:02:38.915-05:00That sounds really interesting-- I tend to love bo...That sounds really interesting-- I tend to love books about rebels and those parentheses make it sound even more intriguing. <br />-novelistinthedarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-25931297086170850482017-08-03T07:04:09.233-05:002017-08-03T07:04:09.233-05:00I entered the Camp NaNoWriMo. Since I wanted to wr...I entered the Camp NaNoWriMo. Since I wanted to write something besides a mystery, I turned to baseball. I wanted a teen drama, which would take place in a couple of the places I've been. leducandbarriomysteries.blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14188520351280535901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-54849822127793948312017-08-03T06:13:30.782-05:002017-08-03T06:13:30.782-05:00Sounds awesome, Gray. I love the names of the char...Sounds awesome, Gray. I love the names of the characters and the theme. It sounds amazing. (I'm still looking for better adjectives. I need a thesaurus, lol.) Now, would this happen to be inspired by the art snippet on your post?<br /><br />God bless you! <3 <3<br /><br />iviewrites.blogspot.comIvie Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078528126219230207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80398424854754785572017-08-03T03:19:25.273-05:002017-08-03T03:19:25.273-05:00What a great question!
I got the idea for my curre...What a great question!<br />I got the idea for my current WIP from several things. One night, I couldn't sleep, so I was making up a really dramatic good-bye scene, and that got me thinking. Then I discovered NaNoWriMo (in late October), and in my frantic search for an idea I combined that good-bye with some of my own experiences at the time (we'd moved and I was having a bit of a rough time). And, well, then NaNoWriMo happened and after that I had a 50,000-word story about rebels, elves, and a bunch of characters who really wanted to just go home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2010434880698778812017-08-02T21:02:59.059-05:002017-08-02T21:02:59.059-05:00I just thought of another passion of mine, which i...I just thought of another passion of mine, which is art, and figured how I could write a book with that as a theme. My character, Piper, is a local artist, who travels all the way to NY, with her best friend, Josh, in order to raise money to save her mother's life. <br />Or something with that jist, I just started yesterday! <br /><br />BTW, your husband and you are so cute in your costumes! I love cosplay, I'm usually Bellatrix from Harry Potter. Grace Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211596758178097327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-90601365777968664592017-08-02T19:34:51.580-05:002017-08-02T19:34:51.580-05:00one of my WIPs was inspired by, of all things, Gol...one of my WIPs was inspired by, of all things, Gollum from the Lord of the Rings. When I first read and watched it, I was fascinated by Gollum's split personality that made him both Sméagol (a sweet hobbit creature who could almost be said to love Frodo) and Gollum (a murderous sneaking horrific 'thing'). It gave me this idea of a superhero who was also the villain, but didn't know it. I knew this character would wear black and white and would be fighting against himself, but for more than a year it just floated around in my head, until I finally figured out who this person was and what had happened to them. then I started writing. Chelsea R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06413565812735704193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91841580846616473442017-08-02T19:25:31.824-05:002017-08-02T19:25:31.824-05:00Whoa. Jill. Do you realize this was something like...Whoa. Jill. Do you realize this was something like twelve years ago?Diana Sharpleshttp://www.dianasharples.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-14474765509929421662017-08-02T19:22:59.448-05:002017-08-02T19:22:59.448-05:00I really like the sound of that idea, Lillian! Sup...I really like the sound of that idea, Lillian! Superheroes can make such interesting material and definitely be cool to see what happened if one of them basically destroyed the worldChelsea R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06413565812735704193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74519441951634624252017-08-02T19:22:49.983-05:002017-08-02T19:22:49.983-05:00Oh my gosh, I wish I had a clever story for this o...Oh my gosh, I wish I had a clever story for this one! But I'm revisiting an idea I had way back when I first started writing Christian teen fiction ... one that I'm sure Jill will remember well! But I'm making so many changes that the only part that remains the same are the character names and their basic identities. I guess I can say that the original idea came from God. I'm not joking. It's the reason I started writing for teens. So here's my author testimony:<br />I was a science fiction/fantasy artist and wannabe writer (aka author of a never-ending elf novel) when I went through a rough patch in life and ended up giving that life to Christ. Afterwards, I spent about four years not writing any fiction or doing much artwork. I felt like the Lord was telling me that I needed to know him before I could write about him. So I spent those four years growing in my faith. Then one day I watched a disturbing story about teenagers on television, which caused me some dismay. My daughter was eleven years old then. I prayed, asking God what I could do that I wasn't already doing to prepare my baby girl for the world she was about to enter. That very night I had characters and setting and the basic plot line for the book that would eventually lead me to publication and a new career. And to meet my good friend, Jill! While that book wasn't my debut novel, and it has taken me many years to get back to those characters, and so much has changed from the original idea to what I'm working on now, I can say that yes, the original idea was a gift.Diana Sharpleshttp://www.dianasharples.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58598928043185562222017-08-02T17:31:43.110-05:002017-08-02T17:31:43.110-05:00My newest WIP is inspired by the title (Scars). My...My newest WIP is inspired by the title (Scars). My thought process went something like, "what if there was a book called Scars? What would it be about? Why would it be called that?" And now i have this really cool futuristic/dystopian/science fiction/fantasy idea im trying to develop. Its probably going to be the weirdest book I've ever written. XDAnalia @ Wild Penningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463477001315071637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-28822044715917454352017-08-02T17:28:43.619-05:002017-08-02T17:28:43.619-05:00Cool ideas, Allison! I do the same thing. My curre...Cool ideas, Allison! I do the same thing. My current WIP is based off its title too. :)Analia @ Wild Penningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463477001315071637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89330770704774445052017-08-02T16:34:57.532-05:002017-08-02T16:34:57.532-05:00That sounds like so much fun, Talia! My book has f...That sounds like so much fun, Talia! My book has fantasy realms too, lol. YOUR BOOK SOUNDS LIKE AWESOMENESS. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492132913912177695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77286331201472158342017-08-02T16:33:32.280-05:002017-08-02T16:33:32.280-05:00My WIP came around from me thinking about how it w...My WIP came around from me thinking about how it would be a neat idea to do a sci-fi book with a Star Wars feel, yet a different plot, and that happened in this galaxy, thousands of years later from now.<br />this is the synopsis: Toran Rashnar is a soldier in the "mighty" Galactic Space Armada (GSA), when he finds out that an alien army from another galaxy is forming to attack. he is blown off by the chain of command (or so he thinks), but leads a force of soldiers on a mission to stop the aliens anyway.<br />now he must save the galaxy, and evade the GSA, while still keeping the hopes of his men up. Batfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46058925054487839512017-08-02T16:33:29.694-05:002017-08-02T16:33:29.694-05:00Thanks, Jill!
Haha, Gray is scary when she's ...Thanks, Jill!<br /><br />Haha, Gray is scary when she's mad, Ivie. That would be a bad thing to happen. You should probably try reading it sometime, though. *puppy dog eyes*<br /><br />@Ann he's kind of creepy, although the book is definitely better for that than the movies...R.F. Gammonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134854415617023273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-76220033752585326392017-08-02T15:27:16.646-05:002017-08-02T15:27:16.646-05:00Oh yay,I love telling people how I came up with st...Oh yay,I love telling people how I came up with story ideas!! <br />My current WIP began when I was browsing Pinterest. I stumbled upon a picture of several characters someone had made up, and I was immediately intrigued, because somehow I could look at the picture and tell exactly what each character was like, just from the artist's portrayal of them. I jotted down a few ideas and then moved on to other things, but then when I showed the picture to a friend, we decided to plan a story around it. Together we came up with names and character traits (and her ideas were surprisingly very similar to my initial ones) and a premise for the story. I wrote the first draft for NaNoWriMo. Now I'm in the middle of the rewrite. I'm super excited for it, because I didn't I would actually be able to stick with it this long! The title is "Twelve"... because there are twelve characters, twelve fantasy realms, and twelve sacred artifacts.Taliahttp://forhisglorydotblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-72086065783071916162017-08-02T14:45:36.008-05:002017-08-02T14:45:36.008-05:00I think its still a fun idea. I like dressing up, ...I think its still a fun idea. I like dressing up, I just don't know what I would dress up as. <br /><br />Thank you for replying! <3<br /><br />iviewrites.blogspot.comIvie Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078528126219230207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-31160504217770668942017-08-02T14:38:44.994-05:002017-08-02T14:38:44.994-05:00Great ideas, Allison. I love the female Jason Bour...Great ideas, Allison. I love the female Jason Bourne idea.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.com