How to Find Story Ideas?

List of Interest topics

• Common Interests
• Time, Money & other Resources
• Teams, Groups & Relationships
• Food & Entertainment
• Knowledge & Education
• Health, Satisfaction & Peace

• Special Interests
• Sports, Fight & Competition
• Music, Art & Expression
• Exploration, Discovery & Hunt
• Introspection, Pondering & Skepticism
• Building, Logic & Engineering

Main Character

• Name
• Can we tell her Origins from her name?
• How do her Origins influence her behavior?
• Can we guess her Goal from her name?
• Does her Name change through the Story?

• Weaknesses
• How will you Balance her Weaknesses?
• Which Other characters will she need?
• How will her Team members be?
• Why does she need to change?
• Who will make her change?
• Which path will she take to Evolve?

• Strengths
• Who will need the Main Character’s assistance?
• When will she be needed?
• Does she capitalize on her Strengths?
• What is the Scale of her goal?
• Does it correspond to the effort she makes?

• Quirks
• Which Accessories will she have?
• How can they be used to Seed a future story?
• Will they be a Main Element of the story?
• Which Peculiarity do they bring to the story?

Fables & Legends

• Counter-Fables
• Can you Adopt the Antagonist Point of View?
• Can you justify her goal?
• Can you legitimate her goal?
• Can you make her likable?
• Can you support her cause?

• Fable & Universality
• What are the most popular principles of Fables?
• Are these principles pertinent?
• Even after a change of context?
• Do they need to be re-evaluated?
• How can you modify them?

Dreams & Symbols

• A Blank Sheet
• Take a piece of paper.
• Take a pen.
• Make a small dot.
• Make a small circle.
• Let the pen flow on the paper.
• How would you represent yourself?
  • With which form?
  • With which form?

• Without any Research
• Imagine the function of a Symbol without any additional research.
• What’s a Flag?
• Are there other representation for the same symbol?
• How would you deform the representation?
• How would it alter the perception of the symbol?
• Do you want to renew the perception of this symbol?

Travel & Escapism

• Just the Minimum
• Can you move to another country and live off the daily money?
• What do you need?
• Which constraints would help you the most?
• How much time do you need to write/draw/compose?

• The Hotel is not the Goal
• Did you read a whole story where the characters stay in the Inn?
• Was it exciting?
• Can you make a stay-in-bed enticing?
• Have you ever observed Hotel customers?
  • Angry parents?
  • Excited children?
  • Drunk friends?

1st Chapter

• Chapter 0
• Can you start in an Isolated place?
• Which Peculiarities does Isolation bring?
• What can you Seed in this location?
• What can you hide in this location?
• Can you make people want to return there?

• Short Chapter
• Is the goal of the character Straightforward?
• Is it rapidly accessible?
• Is it easily accessible?
• Can the character find her way out fast?

• Main Themes Covered
• What are the Places of interest?
• What are the most important objects you acquire?
• Which character do you meet?
  • What do they bring to the story?
  • Why are they here?

Multiple Lives

• Employment
• Do you want to be the most qualified Employee?
• Do you want to be the most reliable Manager?
• Do you want to be the most generous Employer?

• Family
• Do you want to make the best cakes for your kids?
• Do you want to be most caring for your partner?
• Do you want to be most prevalent for your partner?
• Do you consider yourself a Parent if you have no biological/fostered children?
• Do you consider yourself to be a great confident?

• Associations
• Do you want to support an Association?
• Did you create an Association?
• Which cause did you choose to support?
• Did you need help from Public Powers?
• Did you need help from the Population?
• How did they react?

• Friends
• Do your friends support the many aspects of your Life?
• Do they join you in these multiple activities?
• How do they help you?
• Do they anticipate your future needs?
• Are you exhausted by 1 of the roles you occupy?
  • Do they try to compensate?
  • Do they try to dissuade you to continue?