I love this section. It was one of the last things I cut from the book.
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 1: Imagine the Worst Case Scenario
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 2: Start with a Unique Relationship
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 3: Tap Into Your Irrational Fears
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 4: Do the Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Wanted to Do
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 5: Search For Empathy
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 6: Start with an Image
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 7: Pull a Genre Element Out Of Its Genre
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 8: Flip Another Movie’s Genre
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 9: Show Us the Other Side
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 10: Raid the Public Domain
- How to Generate a Story Idea, Option 11: Raid the Public Imagination
- How To Generate An Idea, Addendum: Regrow It From A Seed
- How to Generate an Idea, Addendum: Tweak the Right and Left Simultaneously
- How to Generate an Idea, Addendum: Ask “What If It’s All True?”
3 comments:
Hi Matt, So is this entire section not in the book? I just ordered it today and don't want to re-read :) Thanks!
Sorry, just saw this comment. I think only one of these made it into the book in a different form, but other than that, they're all new.
Wow, great series of posts. Thanks.
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