[ SECRET POST #2867 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2867 ⌋

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Idea Jamboree

[(Anonymous)]

Writers: What do you do when you have 40 billion story ideas, usually when you don't have time to write anything down?

Also, is it normal for ideas to sort of come and go on and off over the course of a few years?

Re: Idea Jamboree

[(Anonymous)]

I always have time to write something down, even if it's just a little note. So that's what I do.

And yes, that's normal.

Re: Idea Jamboree

[(Anonymous)]

Writers: What do you do when you have 40 billion story ideas, usually when you don't have time to write anything down?

Remember them, write them down in a text file, stick them in a (proverbial) drawer and forget about them for a while

Also, is it normal for ideas to sort of come and go on and off over the course of a few years?

That has been my experience

Re: Idea Jamboree

[jaydestarlight]

What I do is write down all of my ideas (including summaries, potential outlines, etc.) on a black word document and come back to them when necessary. If I don't have any large chunks of time, I try writing my ideas down on my phone's notepad option.

Yeah, that seems normal. Inspiration is really unpredictable like that.

Re: Idea Jamboree

[(Anonymous)]

All of that would be normal for me, yes. I do try and hold onto to some of the good ones until I can get a pen and paper and a few minutes to scribble a summary, but usually I just trust that I'll either remember the gist of the good ones or just make up new ones when the next inspiration rush hits. I've a good memory, and reasonably frequent ideas, so it usually works.

The only thing I'll say is, when you do grab a minute to scribble the basics in a notepad or something, try and give as much of the shape and detail as you can on short notice. I have come across the odd thing in some of my old notebooks, ideas scribbled down as a few keywords and cryptic utterances that I'm sure had meaning at the time, and I've no idea what they mean. It's slightly disconcerting, in the 'okay, what the hell was in my brain right then' sort of way. So. You know. Try to be reasonably specific if you take notes. Cryptic keywords are probably not the way to go unless you're going to get a chance to write it fairly shortly afterwards.

Re: Idea Jamboree

[comradesmiler]

I have a gridded sketchpad for stuff, works for ride layouts but not for more organic ideas.

Re: Idea Jamboree

[(Anonymous)]

I always have a notebook with me so I can scribble those ideas down, and then I transfer them to a .doc file called my Plot Bunny Hutch. I learned my lesson when I nearly lost an idea I'd had (which subsequently earned me a $500 fiction sale).

Re: Idea Jamboree

[comma_chameleon]

I use the post-it note function on my computer to jot down the pairing and idea. So many post-it notes... XD