Here are some methods I use...
- Imagine myself as a creature (fairy, rat, poodle, ect.) and write about it.
- Think of a really funny phrase, character or scene, then slowly build up a story behind it.
- Go on DoInk.com or search up things in Google Images.
- Think of a title. I keep a tiny notebook with story ideas that I can look at.
- Draw and see what/who comes up.
- Email anybody really imaginative and ask them about any good story ideas they can think of.
- Read a book that I love. I'll end up with some good ideas about my own character!
- Try (try) to doze off and be in my own little world. I try to remember everything about that place and put it all into writing.
- Write from my life. Imagine that someone I don't peculiarly like is one of the bad guys or something, and it might even help me convert my feelings into the writing.
- Look at old pictures and stories and recreate them.
