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Real Life can Inspire New Ideas
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How art imitates—or inspires—your next big story Over the last few weeks, I’ve explored how writers get ideas for their stories. I tackled why that’s such a daunting question for some writers. Then, we explored various ways writers (or any kind of storyteller) can harvest new ideas. I even provided…
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Where Do Writers Get Ideas?
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Part 1: The Dreaded Question & Where to Start People who don’t write often ask this question: where do you get your ideas? It’s true that, when you look at a finished product, a story appears like magic. This strange person mysteriously came up with out-of-this-world idea that you would…