tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post4266449912593681960..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: What Do I Write Next?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-56244741900996629122015-02-20T16:42:27.570-06:002015-02-20T16:42:27.570-06:00So would I! That's way better than what I came...So would I! That's way better than what I came up with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413668921724425159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-36836824388178190152013-04-09T11:59:20.619-05:002013-04-09T11:59:20.619-05:00This is cool! I recently thought of an idea by com...This is cool! I recently thought of an idea by combining a servant and a porcelain doll. :D I still have a bunch of ideas at this point before I run out but I will remember this one. ^ ^Victoria Grace Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849013182543674707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35195685504598908502013-04-06T19:24:56.581-05:002013-04-06T19:24:56.581-05:00Per your advice, I did step number three (since I ...Per your advice, I did step number three (since I just happen to be brainstorming for a new book-- very timely post:-) and it was so fun! And the results were great. I was able to fit every result to one of my characters and learn more about them in the process;-) For example, my main character is a bureaucrat (which is PERFECT, since she's a teacher) and afraid of... colors. And yet one of her hobbies is tie-dying. A complex and unique character, by all means!;-) A.Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954337074425376911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-38276134016264088822013-04-06T00:02:33.888-05:002013-04-06T00:02:33.888-05:00That's awesome! In the future, this will reall...That's awesome! In the future, this will really help me. I always just started out with an idea spark and kinda expanded it until it felt right-ish, and then started writing, no planning or actual forethought involved, but this will be a great thing to try. Thanks for the awesome post!Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117667458636102470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-19558107324724566442013-04-05T21:51:54.276-05:002013-04-05T21:51:54.276-05:00This is exactly what I do already! I pick stacks o...This is exactly what I do already! I pick stacks of books and movies (at least six or more) that I like certain elements out of (a lot like the cherries + fire thing). Then I mash them together and pull out a new book for me to write. I'm off to refresh the 36 plot ideas, because I'm a bit stuck with my latest book plot. This is a GREAT post!!CG @ Paper Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954615708675952085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91777460480942181462013-04-05T17:14:13.983-05:002013-04-05T17:14:13.983-05:00Hey, I've done something like this. Except I t...Hey, I've done something like this. Except I took things I had an interest in or things I've experienced, mixed them up, picked them at random and totally loved the results.It's really cool what you can come up with. :)<br /><br />(MJ)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-1825197660288906192013-04-05T17:13:30.242-05:002013-04-05T17:13:30.242-05:00That's how I feel about my current WIP. Someti...That's how I feel about my current WIP. Sometimes I go "I'll never love anything else as much." BUT I've been working on a new idea today, and I'm IN LOVE.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433338978586263492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80414946419681737512013-04-05T15:27:14.827-05:002013-04-05T15:27:14.827-05:00Motorcycle-riding priests sound pretty epic.Motorcycle-riding priests sound pretty epic.Jessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301671729096628703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-50524204943765920562013-04-05T15:24:23.147-05:002013-04-05T15:24:23.147-05:00Hey, totally unrelated to your post, but have you ...Hey, totally unrelated to your post, but have you done any posts on writing series? I'm writing one book and its sequel right now and I'd like to be able to turn it into a series. :)Una Mariahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245223609649768546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-18005051833397209172013-04-05T14:58:27.084-05:002013-04-05T14:58:27.084-05:00I would read a book about a motorcycle-riding prie...I would read a book about a motorcycle-riding priest in Paris fighting with a family member... and I normally don't like reading xD<br /><br />This is a phenomenal post. Can I keep you? Hahaha.<br /><br />Thanks so much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683943251579084856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-80336169267113678212013-04-05T14:39:03.735-05:002013-04-05T14:39:03.735-05:00I did this for my current project.
What if a gove...I did this for my current project. <br />What if a government set out to make an ideal government, and two teens were caught believing an "imperfect" religion. <br />This story has truly blossomed and has created a very fun book to work on : )Alyson Schrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985230257033740736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-54502951094378050422013-04-05T12:20:13.755-05:002013-04-05T12:20:13.755-05:00This would be good to do on a regular basis! I d...This would be good to do on a regular basis! I didn't just come up with these but I've had them written down, they haven't found they're plot yet.<br />- a romance/relationship columnist that's never been on a date<br />- am interior designer that's secretly a hoarder<br />- some combination of the movie "troop Beverly Hills" and the tv show "felicity" like where the girl follows the guy she's never talked too.<br /><br />Those all need fleshing out! Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500897912581589616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59155810301245824832013-04-05T11:41:57.306-05:002013-04-05T11:41:57.306-05:00Thanks! I'm thinking of writing a short story ...Thanks! I'm thinking of writing a short story about it. ;)The Magic Violinisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889060820055920735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71124499429522580182013-04-05T11:30:33.094-05:002013-04-05T11:30:33.094-05:00I created a whole book idea around a Snapple fact ...I created a whole book idea around a Snapple fact once. The Snapple fact: Bullfrogs don't sleep. Stephen King is a writing God. Any idea from him is worth trying. I actually have more than enough ideas to write to keep me busy for the next two decades. Best of luck picking your next book to write.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-36769907192648307702013-04-05T10:42:36.515-05:002013-04-05T10:42:36.515-05:00Great post! This was very interesting and extremel...Great post! This was very interesting and extremely helpful!! I will totally use this for sure:)brittneydodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574511753727020850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-25038789006330043822013-04-05T10:38:36.988-05:002013-04-05T10:38:36.988-05:00I once read a story that I immediately thought of ...I once read a story that I immediately thought of when I saw 'cherries' and 'fire' - it was in a literary kids magazine, and it was about little household dragons that had to be fed special cherries to keep them happy. :D Seeing that made me remember it. <br /><br />And I've sometimes come up with an interesting character just by starting out with one character trait/phobia/disorder and then experimenting with it. Most recently, I found out about hypergraphia, which could be called on a basic level 'compulsive journal-keeping'. It interested me, so I thought; 'all the cases we've seen so far have been in modern day. What would it be like for someone with hypergraphia in a fantasy world?' That's how I created the character Tamir, for one of my partially-planned series ideas. <br /><br />Also, by opening the archetypes and other dowloads and selecting at random, I got... A traitor, afraid of death, with a talent for music, who is also rather caring. Hm...<br /><br />When a tyrant takes over the countryside, it's the heroes that go down fighting him that are remembered, not the minstrel that surrenders without a fight. Samien has lived for years in the court of the much-hated tyrant, keeping himself alive with his clever tongue and talent for music, and has been forgotten by the outside world almost as much as he's given up on it. He knows he is a coward, that he would be dead if anyone from his old life found him still alive. <br />So it's rather inconvenient when the tyrant is toppled and he escapes, saving the tyrant's young daughter from the attackers as well. Nobody can know who either of them are; he's been immortalized as a martyr for his supposed death, and she is hated for who her father was. <br /><br />...and that's the limit of my ideas for it for the moment. Guess I should put it in my story-idea file. <br /><br /> Maurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-48595347278382912382013-04-05T10:24:18.465-05:002013-04-05T10:24:18.465-05:00I love it! That's so much fun, Magic. File it ...I love it! That's so much fun, Magic. File it away for when you need something new to write. :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-63696471982179762562013-04-05T10:23:25.577-05:002013-04-05T10:23:25.577-05:00I have that problem too, Sarah. I'm so eager t...I have that problem too, Sarah. I'm so eager to write my newest idea, but I won't let myself until I finish the books I must write. Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-88972760459640868152013-04-05T10:22:45.670-05:002013-04-05T10:22:45.670-05:00Yep, I totally get that. Get those first drafts do...Yep, I totally get that. Get those first drafts done!Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-57693466245685044072013-04-05T10:22:11.360-05:002013-04-05T10:22:11.360-05:00As long as you're writing, you're doing go...As long as you're writing, you're doing good. Keep at it!Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-61033769057739915332013-04-05T10:21:33.077-05:002013-04-05T10:21:33.077-05:00Nice! I'd read that book. :-)Nice! I'd read that book. :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-49411489756893519372013-04-05T10:12:51.731-05:002013-04-05T10:12:51.731-05:00How about this:
A tragic fire ends a family's...How about this:<br /><br />A tragic fire ends a family's life. Their house burns down and nothing remains . . . except for a bowl of cherries.<br /><br />Everyone says the cherries are cursed and that no one should touch them. The cherries--miraculously--stay fresh and perfect. A girl eats one of the twenty cherries and finds that she can fly. She eats another one and finds that she can turn invisible at will.<br /><br />When a dragon threatens to destroy the town that the girl lives in, she knows it's up to her and her cherries to protect the town and everyone she loves.<br /><br />That was something I just made up, so it's probably terrible. XDThe Magic Violinisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889060820055920735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2246848020722579712013-04-05T09:20:19.433-05:002013-04-05T09:20:19.433-05:00I had a problem with this for months and months af...I had a problem with this for months and months after I finished my first story. I have lots of premises, but not a lot of ideas that I'll be able to flesh out and make into a real, full-length book. I'll definitely keep this in mind! Thanks!Kaitlin Scherzingerhttp://sweetnessinthedreaming.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15221823581318278632013-04-05T08:19:03.429-05:002013-04-05T08:19:03.429-05:00Great post, Jill! I normally have far more ideas ...Great post, Jill! I normally have far more ideas then I know what to do with. The problem is picking which one is worth spending 65K and a very long time with.<br />~Sarah Faulkner<br /><br />www.inklinedwriters.blogspot.comSarah Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244256396217402116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-44705635704345123442013-04-05T07:41:57.167-05:002013-04-05T07:41:57.167-05:00Great post! Although my problem is actually writin...Great post! Although my problem is actually writing and finishing the story ideas I have now - the rather detailed, too-lengthy story ideas - this was very helpful. =) I can see how this could be applied not just to start a story, but to continue one. Thanks for the post and God bless! Redwriternoreply@blogger.com