Combine Stories For Creative Writing Ideas
There is a technique called 'concept combination' which is to
create new products to sell. Use it to create new stories, and
it is usually good for a few laughs and a few ideas as well.
All you have to do is imaginatively combine old stories into
new ones.
For the most creative ideas, use stories which are unrelated in
their theme. Suppose you start with the biblical story of Adam
and Eve, and combine it with the movie, GOOGLE ADSENSE 'Star
Wars.' Perhaps in the new story a man and a woman are placed
alone on a new planet, as an experiment to see what will happen
over the centuries. Would they or their future offspring
develop our same ideas about God and morality?
Get crazy if you want. 'King Kong,' and 'Romeo and Juliette'
could become a story about when apes learn to speak, and the
first human-ape romantic relationship develops. The couple is
of course rejected by ape and human society. How about
'Frankenstein' and 'Gone With The Wind?' Start dreaming up
those new creative writing ideas.
More Ways To Have Creative Writing Ideas
Make a list of what is most important to you. Take anything
from that list, and find a story in it. For example, if honesty
is important to you, create a story populated with characters
that are defined by how honest or dishonest they are, and show
the consequences of this trait. If there is some political
principle that is important to you, imagine new stories which
show what happens when this principle is followed - or when it
isn't.
Make a list of the stories you most like. Start with any story
you really like, and think about how you would have told it, or
how it could be told. The start writing to see if the idea
'grabs' you. Romeo and Juliet has been successfully retold a
hundred ways in books and movies, under many titles. Why not
find a formula you like, which has been proven to work, and
write your own updated version?
Watch the evening news and make a list of the stories. This
source is mined by television shows all the time. Try to add a
twist that will get the story read. For example, take a real
life issue that is in the news and approach it from a different
perspective. Perhaps it could be a story of a businessman who
profiteers after a hurricane, but you find a way find a way to
make him the good guy.
One of the best ways to get ideas is to write anything right
now. The English writer Graham Green attributes his success to
a simple habit: He forced himself to write at least 500 words
daily, whether he felt like it or not. Creative inspiration can
strike at any time, but it strikes more often when there is
work instead of waiting. Just start writing and you’ll have
more creative writing ideas.
Creative writing ideas: There is a technique called 'concept
combination' which is to create new products to sell. Use it to
create new stories, and it is usually good for a few laughs and
a few ideas as well. All you have to do is imaginatively
combine old stories into new ones.
by Steve Gillman -
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