How did you develop the idea for your current work in progress?


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    • #750
      Matthew Brown
      Keymaster

      Let’s talk about works in progress (WIP).

      How did you develop the ideas for your current WIP?

    • #780
      Bob Bobson
      Participant

      Hard work.

    • #1148
      Matthew Brown
      Keymaster

      I’m currently working on a comedy sci-fi set in space.

      The idea started as a three-page description of all the ways the squad of unit Treble-Six were useless. Beta readings saw people laughing several times a page but I was stuck on developing it. So it sat and gathered dust for a year or so.

      Then one day a friend and I binge watched a lot of Archer. That put me in the right mood to present a story about a dysfunctional group of “heroes”. In no time I had turned a treatment into a chapter and a half of actual story. After that, as Bob says, hard work.

    • #1176
      jeffjohns
      Participant

      I asked a lot of “what if” questions.

    • #1183
      Matthew Brown
      Keymaster

      “What if” is a powerful question.

      That reminds me, I plan to write a post along similar lines…

    • #1401
      Burty Burtman
      Participant

      Day dreaming. So much daydreaming.

      Let your mind wander. Every day.

      • #1427
        Matthew Brown
        Keymaster

        Let your mind wander. Every day.

        That is some solid advice.

    • #1608
      Jason Latnar
      Participant

      Watching too much TV and Netflix. Most of my stuff ends up as thinly disguised fan fiction.

      • #1615
        Matthew Brown
        Keymaster

        That’s nothing to be ashamed of in and of itself. Some very successful book series started life as fan fiction. I’m not a fan of any of the examples I can think of but fan fiction is still writing.

    • #1808
      Christian Writer
      Participant

      I found myself writing long essays on a group of related subjects and realised I had the beginnings of a book.

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