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Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks

Link: Matthew Dicks Official Site

How to Brainstorm Story Ideas

  • Homework for Life

  • Spend 5 minutes each day to write 2-3 sentences - not the entire story - of moments from the day

  • Don't worry of connecting threads of stories from previous days

  • Crash & Burn

  • Spend 10 minutes to allow yourself to write your stream of conciousness/thoughts

  • Don't let your pen from stopping - let new ideas keep crashing in without hesitation or judgement
  • Be willing to leave a good idea behind in favour of a new one - even if the new idea is bad

  • First, Best, Last, Worst

  • A story against each of these prompts e.g. First/Best/Last/Worst Car

  • Annotate any as potential story or anecdote
  • But not all listed will be story worthy