EPISODE · Jul 2, 2020 · 10 MIN
Story Ideas: The 5 Best Places to Find Them
from How to Write Good · host Daniel Poppie
Maybe you are looking at the world around you and all you see is a mass of gray blobs that are hard to differentiate from one another. Life seems boring. Life seems static. Life is heavy on your shoulders, and when you decide you want to write a book, you do not see anything that you can use as inspiration. This is a problem. Since nothing is truly original, we must depend on the things around us for ideas. We must draw ideas from the world, distill it through our psyche, and synthesize it into a new form of art. I have good news. The world has endless ideas to use. The world has so many ideas that if you open up your eyes and mind to them, you'll likely drown. Here are five fertile areas you can look into to find excellent ideas.My Book: https://amzn.to/31UcCPgMy Newsletter:https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a1r2k2An Endless Supply of Story Ideas Episode:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/31470148My Website to sign up for my newsletter:www.danielpoppie.com HTWG Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/howtowritegoodHTWG Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielpoppieHTWG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpoppieOne Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet:https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-last-toast-for-ebenezer-fleet
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Maybe you are looking at the world around you and all you see is a mass of gray blobs that are hard to differentiate from one another. Life seems boring. Life seems static. Life is heavy on your shoulders, and when you decide you want to write a book, you do not see anything that you can use as inspiration. This is a problem. Since nothing is truly original, we must depend on the things around us for ideas. We must draw ideas from the world, distill it through our psyche, and synthesize it into a new form of art. I have good news. The world has endless ideas to use. The world has so many ideas that if you open up your eyes and mind to them, you'll likely drown. Here are five fertile areas you can look into to find excellent ideas.My Book: https://amzn.to/31UcCPgMy Newsletter:https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a1r2k2An Endless Supply of Story Ideas Episode:https://www.spreaker.com/episode/31470148My Website to sign up for my newsletter:www.danielpoppie.com HTWG Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/howtowritegoodHTWG Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielpoppieHTWG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpoppieOne Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet:https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-last-toast-for-ebenezer-fleet
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