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I need story ideas?

Hello. I am making a new book series about a crazy bunch of teenagers that do random and crazy things. I was hoping you'd have some ideas to inspire me, but I won't use someone's idea itself. All I need is some inspiration to get me started. Any ideas?

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  • 5 years ago

    The essence of story is conflict, and how the characters resolve it (or fail to resolve it). Conflict occurs when one or more characters wants something that's incompatible with something that one or more other characters want.

    So take each of your characters and write down a few things that each of them want. They could be really big and long-term, like "I want to be the next Beyonce or Steve Jobs", or really small or short-term, like "I want to go see a movie or avoid having to mow the lawn." Don't limit yourself to the teens - include their families, teachers, classmates, neighbours... Sooner or later you'll find a conflict - ideally quite a lot of them. One of those is your story. Bonus points if you can connect several conflicts together.

  • 5 years ago

    After running away from abusive families, a group of friends are challenged to live on their own feet and have to manage their lifestyles to live with ease. Being teens, they have reckless personalities at first, and being on their own they must learn the hard way that these personalities are getting them nowhere. They must learn what behavior is detrimental to their survive through REAL struggle.

  • 5 years ago

    you could talk about their daily life and how they can relate, or be creative and set them off on a adventure, really it all relies on your imagination and what you think would grasp the readers attention. Think of different personalities your characters might have that influences the plot of the story. Remember the possibilities are endless.

    I hope this might of helped

  • 5 years ago

    Four teens, on their way to some place, they stop in an abandoned mansion and just as the Gypsy woman had said they found the magical book there

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