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If I can suggest something, that would be a story about a young female who attends the medieval school of wizardry. She is forced to have very strict training and no friends in school, because teachers believe that one day, she will save the world and they don't want her to rely too much on others. Somehow, she fells in love with a boy, but later realizes ...
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But coming up with the idea in the first place was just a happy accident.
You are far from alone. Every time I've sat down and said to myself "Okay, think of an idea for a new story," I inevitably sit there for an hour then give up with a blank page. People (or at least I) just don't work that way.
So what I've done is find a way to make coming up ...
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Assuming you want to write non technical stuff, I think the best way is to start writing. I'm not kidding, even without ideas, doing nothing is a GREAT way to never get an idea. Inertia is true to human mind and if you don't start, you will stay exactly in the way you are.
The point is: how to start writing if you have no idea?
Answer: by the basics, or, ...
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This question reminds me of Dan Heller's advice about getting started in the photography business. He's talking about a different situation (photography apprenticeship), but he makes a point that applies equally well to the writing business:
[They] start by being photographers of things ... that they know really, really well. Usually the kinds of things ...
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Try thinking of your idea as the central character.
The 'typical' person-based story takes an individual who is flawed in some fashion. He (or she) has certain drives and desires, some of which conflict with others. Through the course of the story the character overcomes adversity until, at the end, he has grown and become more mature (or hasn't learned ...
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