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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi it's Peter here again coming up this time on writers life how to turn your ideas into stories there's nothing more gratifying to a writer than when a brilliant idea for a new story suddenly gallops up and bursts into our imagination that first spark of inspiration where you think I'm really on to something here and your heart starts racing and your fingers start itching to put pen to paper to make sure you don't lose it is somewhat magical indeed it's probably one of the most exciting parts of the writing process after all that's not to say it's all downhill from here but it is essential to recognize how to translate these brilliant ideas into stories that will work and perhaps even more crucial to identify when that brilliant idea you had just isn't going to work and have the ability to let it go so how do you kickstart the writing process and turn ideas into stories here are some useful tips first freely brainstorm in the initial stages it's crucial to have an anything-goes attitude don't be too hard on yourself from the outset or you might never feel am able to flush out your ideas well enough to make a start brainstorming is a fantastic way to start exploring your idea to delve a little deeper and to begin to take shape as a story the more you can write about it and the more aspects you can get down the more options you have remember it's important not to hold back you might go off on a few weird wonderful tangents but they could lead to something brilliant and next research proper research is essential for any novel no matter what you're writing about so whatever kind of idea you have they'll always be something you can do to investigating further research can be incredibly useful because not only are you learning more about the topics you intend to bring into your book and will therefore be better at writing about them you also might on earth further nuggets of inspiration to motivate your even more next clarify and pin down your theme and the central idea once you've finished brainstorming and doing some initial research you should now be able to sit down and pin put what the ideas and themes that are going to hold your novel together are the more precisely you can define this the more sturdy your idea will be without this it's easy to lose focus and with it the point of your novel so doing this in the early stages can be very very helpful next start to work on your characters a great story only works with fantastic characters that are exciting and engaging from the outset before you start to write your novel you need to understand the main characters goals and motivations how they might develop throughout the story and what conflicts and obstacles are going to get in their way a next start to incorporate subplots now try to build upon your central Seamon plot and start to weave in smaller side stories or other ideas that complement them your idea needs to have legs it needs to be workable as a novel and that means it needs to take a certain amount of time to unravel by starting to work in subplots and other ideas you'll feel more confident that this idea is going to work when you come to start writing and now begin while it's essential to make sure your idea has got what it takes to turn it into an exciting story don't delay the writing process too much stories often reveal themselves to the writer as they write them and there is only so much research or planning you can do before you have to trust in your imagination and creativity and talent and just get going turning your ideas it's a fully fleshed out stories takes time and effort by giving yourself a moment in the beginning to do so you can start writing feeling more confident and assured that this idea is really going somewhere and don't forget if it's too late to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find times right and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to give us a thumbs up if you like this video and subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter and I'll see you next time bye for now