typingoverworld:

word-nerds-united:

headspace-hotel:

Literally none of my story ideas come with a plot, ever. WITHOUT FAIL, it’s always just an Aesthetic, like two and a half characters, some very, very vivid settings, and a weird concept. Never plot. Not even an inkling of a plot. My brain tosses me this cool stuff and is like welp i’ll be back in 4-5 business months 

Don’t look for plots, look for problems. 

Examples: 

• crippling debt 
• lonliness 
• a building is on fire 
• the world is going to end 
• failure 
• a broken heart
• guilt 
• noises they can only hear 
• seperation 
• lack of strength 
• lack of wit 
• someone has too much pride 
• forbidden love 
• encouraged love? 

Pick a problem, give it to a character, and let them try and solve it. 

Bam: plot. 

This is exactly Stephen King’s approach, outlined in “On Writing”. He prefers to start with a “What if?” situation, introduce characters, and then see what they do.