So today I want to take a moment to talk about story ideas and how to develop them, in honor of the five year anniversary of the day I came up with Segolia. That's right, it's been five years since I thought up the world of Segolia (YAY!).
With that in mind, this is how I develop my ideas:
1. I start off by taking a basic note. Usually this is only one sentence long and, for me, it is often just a "what if" question. For example, what if everything we knew about vampires was false? (that's from Forbidden).
2. I take the basic note and develop it into a complex web. I just start writing down everything I know about the story. And I mean EVERYTHING. How the plot goes, background, etc.
3. You turn that into a basic outline describing each chapter in detail.
4. Tada! You have an outlined story now.
That's my process. Of course, it's not the only way to do it. If you have a way that works better for you, do it! This is just something to get you started.
Write on!
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