Usuing Random Plot Points to Move Your Story Along
This is an Idea that I had a while ago. Find a Pen and Some Paper. You are going to need a little time to get started but once the initial setup is complete, this little project will give you all kinds of new places to go.
On One Page write down as many types of people as you can think of. What do I mean? White Man, Asian Woman, African American baby girl, and so on. If you are writing a fantasy novel, you get to add all kinds of other creatures like centaurs and fairies and giants and hobbits. Get creative.
On the second page write down as many verbs as you can think of. Feel free to go to the dictionary if you like. Fill up that page. The more you have the better results you will end up with.
On the third page write down as many objects as you can think of. The same thing goes for this page. The more objects that you can think of and place on the page, the better this little project is going to work.
Now… for each page, take a pen or pencil, close your eyes and point at one random person, one random verb and one random object. Now you have a new plot point for your novel. Introduce the new character and see where it will take you. Whenever you need a new idea, pick another random person, verb and object and take off writing again.
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If you have other ideas on how to find story ideas, write a comment. I would love to hear how you are inspired.
