{"id":115390,"date":"2023-10-17T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=115390"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:51:21","slug":"how-to-find-story-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-find-story-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Story Ideas: Tapping Into Big Magic, Others, &#038; Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does it mean to &#8220;write what you know&#8221;? Do you make the most of serendipity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you can sit down and write a story, you have to figure out what to write about. Coming up with story ideas can be hard. But, ideas are out there; you just need to know where they can be found and be sure to notice them. We&#8217;ve collected tips from several storytelling experts on how to find story ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to get advice from Rob Biesenbach, Stephen King, and Elizabeth Gilbert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-find-story-ideas\">How to Find Story Ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Unleash the Power of Storytelling<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> Rob Biesenbach recommends <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary#create-a-story-from-scratch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>noticing the stories that play out in your everyday life<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> You also can interview people about their stories. Alternatively, plumb your own personal history for stories that relate to the message you want to convey. For example, you could call on a childhood memory of building a treehouse to talk about collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/on-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>On Writing<\/em><\/a>, Stephen King provides this advice to writers on how to find story ideas: <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/on-writing\/writing-fundamentals#what-to-write-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">write what you know.<\/a> However, he\u2019s not referring to what you <em>literally<\/em> know (otherwise nobody could write about going to Mars). Rather, he means that you should write about <em>the truths you understand<\/em>\u2014what life feels like, how romance and friendships develop, and the details of your work, for example. You know some unique truths about the world, and these truths will make your writing unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/big-magic\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Big Magic<\/em><\/a>, Elizabeth Gilbert (the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/eat-pray-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Eat, Pray, Love<\/em><\/a>) asserts that <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/big-magic\/chapter-1#a-creative-life-gives-you-access-to-creative-sorcery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all creative people get their ideas from a mystical or spiritual force of creativity<\/a> that she calls \u201cBig Magic.\u201d According to Gilbert, <strong>Big Magic <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/big-magic\/chapter-2#have-joyous-faith-in-creative-sorcery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>is always trying to leave clues<\/strong><\/a><strong> to help you in your creative pursuit<\/strong>. All you need to do is look out for these clues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert writes that clues can take the form of coincidences, items of beauty, dreams, feelings of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, and other strange occurrences that interrupt usual daily life. For example, imagine you\u2019re traveling by bus in a foreign country and accidentally get off at the wrong stop on your way to an attraction. You wander down empty streets with no idea of where you\u2019re going or how to get back home. Suddenly, you come upon a magnificent ancient structure. It\u2019s unlike anything you\u2019ve ever seen and immediately makes you think of a panel of your graphic novel about the ancient world that you haven\u2019t quite been able to get right. This apparent accident was Big Magic leaving you a clue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to &#8220;write what you know&#8221;? Do you make the most of serendipity? Before you can sit down and write a story, you have to figure out what to write about. Coming up with story ideas can be hard. But, ideas are out there; you just need to know where they can be found and be sure to notice them. We&#8217;ve collected tips from several storytelling experts on how to find story ideas. 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