Here are some ideas to help you brainstorm! And these themes are most commonly found in Books, movies/series, etc. (so they are not my ideas.) Fantasy ☁ Magically teleported to a fantasy setting ☁Strange new creatures are being found... ☁They have a new super human power. ☁A prophecy or omen they have to fulfill. (Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland) Sci-Fi (auto correct thinks it's wi-fi) ☉ THE ALIENS ARE COMING!! ☉ A time machine! ☉ A Civilization in space (The Wild Robot by Peter Brown) Mystery ✍A missing person mystery ✍ Mystery of a missing item ✍ Wrongly solved mystery retraced. (The Inheritance Games) Dystopia(A genre where things are exaggerated.) ☼War-Driven Place. ☼A polluted place is given to a native animal. (The Giver by Lois Lowry) Adventure ✈Searches the world to find hidden objects. ✈Goes back to the past and/or future. (Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan) Romance (lol) ♡Star-Crossed Lovers ♡Love triangle (dramaaa :P) ♡Doesn't know how to break up with their partner (ohhhh) ♡Too afraid to fall in love because of a broken heart. (I can't recommend any because I don't know any lol) In General: -Sworn Enemies become friends (vice versa) -Dumb mistake made when they were younger, came back to bite them. (The Secrets of Dumbledore Movie) -Lost everything/Sacrificed everything, just for it all to be nothing. -The Time Travel Paradox. (To me this just makes my brain so confused lol) (Marvels Endgame) -The world is ending (2012[and yes that's a movie]) Random ideas: -A police officer finds out one of their family/close friends are a prominent suspect. -A character has a heavy role place on them at an early age. -The character lost everything and is trying to cope. -Somehow, the character meets the younger self of their parents(who they did not get along with) and sees the better part of them. -Somehow the character finds themselves on a train with very sus people. When they pass through a tunnel, suddenly all the passengers turned into skeletons/ghosts and so did the character. _______________________________ If you want to get more inspiration, one way I like to get it is by listening to sad music or those 'I want' songs. Here are some to try: ~20 Something - SZA ~Let the world Burn - Chris Grey ~too young to be old - JAX ~God Must Hate Me- Catie Turner ~Numb Little Bug- Em Beihold -------- Sometimes I also enjoy taking inspirations for my dreams(no matter how crazy they are) by means of my own interpretations and imaginations! _______________________________ Tips: ➣ If you're unused to creating new worlds, I recommend starting with Fan-fiction to start with some foundation but still have your own room to roam. And when you get the hang of it, you can start actual building your own worlds. ➣Know your character. It'll better help you write their dialogue, movements, and thoughts. Try to make a list you would ask someone you're trying to know better, but answer it in the pov of your character. ➣When making a character, don't give them everything. Don't give them godhood level control of the universe, awesome powers, and a personality that is perfect. There needs to be some disadvantage or something they can't do for character development. ➣When writing the plot it usually domino falls in to another bad situation into another, until the characters find a way to fix it. For me I come up with 2-5 set backs or things for the character to overcome. It could be a their personality, it could be mindset, or it could be person vs. person. ➣If I'm having a hard time thinking of character traits I think of other the Wings of Fire quintet: Clay who is courageous and selfless, Tsunami who is ambitious and confident, Glory who is a total boss queen and sarcastic, Starflight who is the 'stereotypical nerd', and Sunny who is warm and kind. ➣ Sometimes to get better at describing or expanding your vocabulary, try opening a dictionary and flipping to a random page, find a random word, find it's origins/meaning, and try to use it. ➣ For those who are serious in publishing and printing a book, find some videos or books, and finding information in general to get yourself knowledgeable. Find blog or a story about someone's journey of writing a book and take note on what they might advise. _______________________________ I'm not an expert and I'm still growing myself. In the Credits are some links that are really helpful for me.
Some additional resources that could help you are Offsite: YT channel: BookFox, good insite on how to write from different Povs, and what the audience likes best. (But please be mature when watching this.) YT channel: Charo Lyn, inspirational ideas for character design and character relationships. A list of many ideas to kick start your brain. https://www.emwelsh.com/blog/story-ideas Never be afraid to look at other writer's style!
