Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Link: Matthew Dicks Official Site
How to Brainstorm Story Ideas
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Homework for Life
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Spend 5 minutes each day to write 2-3 sentences - not the entire story - of moments from the day
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Don't worry of connecting threads of stories from previous days
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Crash & Burn
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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
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Be willing to leave a good idea behind in favour of a new one - even if the new idea is bad
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First, Best, Last, Worst
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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