Writer's Block/Story Ideas?

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I am bored to death!. And I find writing stories interesting-but I tend to have writer's block!. I need some character names-first and last name-and some story ideas!. I like to write about dramatic/thriller/romantic stuff!. Any help greatly appreciated!. Thank you so much!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Here are easy 5 steps:
1
Decide on a plot that interests *you*!. You could have the most amazing idea in the world, but unless you feel like it's that, it won't be any good!. To get yourself started, write (or type) down some key words that bring vivid pictures to your mind!. If you can't think of anything, you can start broadly and work your way down!. Just start with anything that you find intriguing!.(Ex: key words - secrets, darkness, romance!. Secrets !.!.!. family secrets, such as!.!.!. history of insanity!. Darkness!.!.!. a closet!.!.!. or a basement!.!.!. or an attic!. An attic!. Romance!.!.!. young love!.!.!. forbidden young love!.!.!.) Usually, if you follow this thought pattern long enough, you'll find something interesting!. This process always works for me!.
Step2
After you have a plot, or at least an idea of one, develop characters you can be passionate about!. Perhaps you can base them off of people you know (I don't find this works well for me, but go with what you're comfortable with)!. Get a base idea of the number, gender and age of characters you want, and go from there!. What does the character look like!? What are they passionate about!? Who do they love!? What drives them!? What are their fears!? Work from the inside (Qualities, struggles, secrets!.!.!.) to the out (hair color, birthmarks, eye color) or visa versa!. Do what you are comfortable with!.
Step3
Write your character profiles!. You can write them in great detail or very simply, depending on what you find works best for you!. You'll want to be sure to include the character's age, name, and at least a brief description of them!. Something that might help would be including someone the character reminds you of, or that you would like them to take after!. This could be another fictional character, a celebrity, a friend, anyone!.
Step4
Write a detailed storyline!. Include a point by point (or chapter by chapter) base!. Make it believable yet interesting, and don't let it get too predictable!.
Step5
Start writing!. This is often the hardest step, but one way that can help you get started is to not start at the beginning, as odd as that may sound!. Start right in the middle of the action, in a scene where the story that you imagined has already started and write the beginning later (You may find that a 'beginning' is not even truly necessary to the story, depending on the type of plot you've written)!. The main key is to just have fun, and make sure you like it!.

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You answers mean a lot to me!.

1> What would you think, if i commented on your picture with these words!?
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Why not read to unblock your creative block!.

But are you blocked or do you fancy a break from it all!!?!

Just carry a notebook around with you, and write your ideas down to you as they come!.

Start with people you know for character names and mix them up!. Use people you know because your characters will have an edge to them!.

If you want to write dramatic stuff, read it!.

If you want to write thriller stuff, read it!.

If you want to write romantic stuff, read it, read Mills & Boon!. They are celebrating 100 years this year and the premise is only 50,000 words which is easy!.

Good luck and get writing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Names!.!.!.for girls - i love Lainey and Ingrid, characters names should always be interesting, and individual, or maybe try Flora, Hazel, Luka, Lola, Adelaide, Beatrice, Nora, Adeline!.!.!.!.
foy guys!?!? hmmm!. Ferdinand, Alfonzo (they're spanish!)

story ideas!.!.!.
dramatic - ohhh i love writing dramatic stories too, well it depends what time period!. but!.!.!.!.
there could be a natural disaster, and you have to get your characters through it, someone has to die tho of course!
there could be a murder, and a vengeance plot to find and prosecute that murderer, a bit of a thriller in there and lots of twists!
a family is abandoned by mother or father and they have to survive, they could be super poor, or ill or lost in some dangerous place, or being persued by violent terrorists!.
pursuing a lost love,
a war
Adventure undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a beloved woman!.
Abduction of an unwilling woman
Malicious rivalry of a sibling!.
Slaying of a wife for a paramour, and in self-interest!.
Adultery committed unknowingly
Discovery that one has had one's sibling as a lover!.
Brothers slaying in anger!.
The ideal of honor sacrificed to the ideal of faith!.
madness - your character could have committed a terible crime, not to his/ he fault and is being punished for it

character
sorceress and an ordinary woman!.
Rivalry of a mortal and immortal!.
A2 Of two divinities of unequal power!.

A3 Of a magician and an ordinary man!.

A4 Of conqueror and conquered!.

A5 Of victor and vanquished!.

A6 Of a master and a banished man!.

A7 Of usurper and subject!.

A8 Of suzerain king and vassal king(s)!.

A9 Of a powerful person and upstart!.

A10 Of rich and poor!.

A11 Of an honored man and a suspected one!.

A12 Rivalry of two who are almost equal!.

A13 Rivalry of equals, one of whom in the past has been proved guilty of adultery!.

A14 Of a man who is loved and one who has not the right to love!.

A15 Of the two (or more) successive husbands of a divorcee!.
B1 Of a sorceress and an ordinary woman!.
B2 Of victor and prisoner!.

B3 Of a queen and subject!.

B4 Of a queen and slave!.

B5 Of lady and servant!.

B6 Of a lady and a woman of humbler position!.

B7 Of a lady and two women of humbler class!.

B8 Rivalry of two who are almost equals, complicated by the abandonment of one!.

B9 Rivalry between the memory or an ideal (that of a superior woman) and a vassal of her own!.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY!.

hope this helps!
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Omg wow screw all those LONG answers!. This is your site for story ideas!. They have romance story ideas, symbolic stories, also have name ideas, creature ideas, setting ideas, plot ideas, EVERYTHING you can think of, even writing excercises!. Enjoy!

http://www!.seventhsanctum!.com/index-writ!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try to listen for the "writer's voice" inside your head!. Think of what the essential idea is and then, (like manipulating a planchette on a Ouija board) begin to write what you hear inside your mind!. This is one way to unblock the forges of your creative prowess!.

Good luck!. Publish a bestseller!Www@QuestionHome@Com