: Re: How to come up with original ideas for stories? I seem to have several ideas for fanfiction novels. I'm working on a long fanfiction at the moment that's quite complex and I'm trying to

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o·rig·i·nal

əˈrijənl/Submit
adjective
1.
present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest.
"the original owner of the house"
synonyms: indigenous, native, aboriginal, autochthonous;

2.
created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation.
"original Rembrandts"
synonyms: first, earliest; noun

I'm pretty sure that without inspiration, nothing can be created. So, originality is a fable. Nothing is original because it wasn't ever the first thing to exist.

As for short stories, write about something that genuinely interests you, it could be easily formatted as a diary entree, that happens all the time in books and short stories.

Think about Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. It's a rather long short story with about 180 pages, but it's inspired by the things that happened in Keyes' life.

The Muppets series was an idea taken from a childhood memory.

Some things really can't be original.

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