Little Bits of Story Ideas

[MrBates2]

I only seem to have little bits of good story ideas. I write them down, or type them in my computer, but I find it extremely difficult to make a good story out of it.

anyone have this experence?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yes, I have dozens upon dozens of word documents with unfinished good ideas. I hate when that happens.

 

[oggbashan]

I sometimes use them for my 50-word stories.

But I too have hundreds of part-completed stories. I'm pleased that I finished one long outstanding one as a Halloween Contest Entry. Genie was started ten years ago!

 

[sr71plt]

No, I haven't had this experience. I'd probably take it as an indication that I wasn't ready to write yet. Which is OK; writing isn't the only activity in the world.

On the other hand, you might surprise yourself if you sit down and start writing from there--it may be enough for the story to spin out as you write.

 

[RoyceConnors]

I've had hat happen to me as well. I look at my page with story ideas and bits and pieces of them added and watch the dust gather. What I did do a couple of times, was to put some together and that was enough to make a decent start to a story and give me something to work with.

So on their own, they might now add up to much, but together, you might have the makings of something interesting. JAT

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

OK. I let the drips and drabs accumulate into shits and farts.

 

[lovecraft68]

I only seem to have little bits of good story ideas. I write them down, or type them in my computer, but I find it extremely difficult to make a good story out of it.

anyone have this experence?

I have a "bunny notebook" where I jot things like this down.

I also have a folder on my laptop called "remnants" which are random sex scenes and some story blurbs

I've found that if I don't "feel" the story just yet that does not mean I can't come back to it another time.

One of my most recent e-books ended up being a combination of two started, but not finished stories that it dawned on me to tie together

 

[slyc_willie]

OK. I let the drips and drabs accumulate into shits and farts.

An interesting and uniquely JBJ response, but I agree. I like to incorporate smaller ideas into larger stories (which partially accounts for why most of my stories are 10k+ words). If the idea is compelling enough to be developed on its own, then it will eventually attract its own accumulation of bits and pieces.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

An interesting and uniquely JBJ response, but I agree. I like to incorporate smaller ideas into larger stories (which partially accounts for why most of my stories are 10k+ words). If the idea is compelling enough to be developed on its own, then it will eventually attract its own accumulation of bits and pieces.

I was sitting here, fucking with posters, when a single sentence popped into my brain. The plot was all worked out, and a simple sentence changed everything. So I added it to the new episode, and it can keep the series going for a long time. Just one silly sentence. Its a slow process but I get better results.

 

[lovecraft68]

OK. I let the drips and drabs accumulate into shits and farts.

Are you talking about stories?

Sounds like you're talking about the clique of the "cool posters" here.

 

[slyc_willie]

I was sitting here, fucking with posters, when a single sentence popped into my brain. The plot was all worked out, and a simple sentence changed everything. So I added it to the new episode, and it can keep the series going for a long time. Just one silly sentence. Its a slow process but I get better results.

Congrats, Jim. You've experienced inspiration.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Congrats, Jim. You've experienced inspiration.

No, it was a brain fart. Lady Gaga is what inspires me.

 

[slyc_willie]

No, it was a brain fart. Lady Gaga is what inspires me.

Oh, you poor man . . . .

 

[HeyAll]

Good idea = Good story

(this is true the overwhelming majority of time)

For what it's worth, the best way to develop a good story out of a good idea (in my opinion) is too keep asking questions.

If your idea involves a therapist screwing his patient, you just keep asking questions.

Why is she visiting the therapist in the first place? What does the therapist do it? What's his motivation? What's her motivation? What does she keep going back? What does she like about it? ect...

Just keep asking questions like that, and before long, you have a story.

 

[GorgeousGeekGirl]

I only seem to have little bits of good story ideas. I write them down, or type them in my computer, but I find it extremely difficult to make a good story out of it.

anyone have this experence?

Please submit these ideas to the story idea forum board unless they are incest, female humiliation, or cheerleader. Those 3 categories have been suggested to death and us authors are desperate for something fresh.

 

[sunandshadow]

Did you know it's actually possible to buy worked-out story ideas you can write? I was astonished when I found out the person trying to sell these things had actual sales numbers to prove people were buying them. I'm still debating with myself over whether I should try to cash in on this strange phenomenon.

But as far as brainstorming and getting idea goes, I've heard that the key idea is the story's climax/ending. If you can come up with that one it seems to be easier to work back from it to get the rest.

Also, webbing is a fun brainstorming technique, you could try that. Or tarot cards are another entertaining brainstorming method. And then there are computer programs that give you a lot of little questions or steps to fill out one at a time and end up with a story outline.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I only seem to have little bits of good story ideas. I write them down, or type them in my computer, but I find it extremely difficult to make a good story out of it.

anyone have this experence?

I get that a lot. Ideas are easy, execution is hard work.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Patience is what's hard; half of us wants to run with a story, yet it drips onto the paper with agonizing viscosity.

 

[hylas_]

Sometimes, a story is just a single paragraph.
(I guess you can have a discussion about whether to call that a story or a poem, but that's ultimately just semantics)

When I have an idea I like, I try to spin it into a "scene". In some cases, that can be the start of a longer story, but I find that often, that's not even necessary.

 

[oggbashan]

Sometimes, a story is just a single paragraph.
(I guess you can have a discussion about whether to call that a story or a poem, but that's ultimately just semantics)

When I have an idea I like, I try to spin it into a "scene". In some cases, that can be the start of a longer story, but I find that often, that's not even necessary.

I think that my 50-word stories, are stories, even if they are shorter than many writers' paragraphs.

Because of Literotica's minimum requirement of 750 words for a 'story', I submit them in sets of 15.