This is true for me, like, I have a story idea, but I don’t know how to write it, so then because I’m thinking of how to write it, I forget the whole story idea.
Actually, my problem is when I'm writing a story, and I stop write it for about 2 to 3 days, then I have no motivation to continues writing. By the way, this is so helpful
I have had this disease for 20 years. I wrote my book then I hated it, I didnt want to touch it. It was like an attempted abortion. (this is a book idea). After 20 years in 2019- 2021 I fell for it and I love it and I now want to finish it.
@@Hannah-jk3dk ykw you should definitely finish it. Just switch off your self criticism. Maybe others would love your idea and maybe some could relate. Just keep up the spirit. You can do it
My biggest problem is I get so many ideas for one story, and now I have no idea where to start or how to organize my notes! Yes this is a call for help!
Try to focus on a main idea and then build on that. U need to able to summarize ur story in a few words or sentences. For example, this story is about a father who overcomes the guilt of his past failures and reaches out to reconnect with his new family. Im not an expert for sure, but the more familiar u are with the characters or a certain theme u want to strongly focus on, the easier it will be to make smaller decisions in the story. Like instead of choosing between many cool ideas for an action scene, u find urself gravitating towards one because of how it symbolizes the character's growth in x y z. Also outlining helps alot, I hope this was useful somehow.
I used to struggle with this too but something that helped me was to focus only on what my character wants and what gets in her way. I also categorize my ideas. I hope this helps!! Edit : also, one of my favorite tools for notetaking is milanote. It's helped me a lot with organization and has been a lifesaver!
Same! I read advice once that said try not to cram so many different themes/ideas/concepts into one novel/story. That can make things super chaotic. Instead, see if you can spread them amongst different stories, and stick to one/two really strong ideas for one story. Otherwise, it can just be everywhere. I've tried cutting some extra ideas out of my story, but it's still quite fat with all these different concepts XD
You have to study the 3 Act scheme and apply your ideas to that structure like a puzzle. For example, if you have the idea of someone growing wings in a scene, using the 3 Act scheme, youll add that scene to the Fun and Games beat. Because that the beat where we first start to see action after the character has entered the new world. Another example, if you have the idea of a talking Cat that tap dances you can add that character to the Entering of Act 2 beat. That’s where we meet new characters. So learn the 3 Act scheme until it hurts 😂 and watch movies to see how the writers apply their ideas to the Acts.
This idea is GENIUS! No one tells you these things or explains the concept of how to creatively "borrow" from other stories the way you do, Abbie. Thank you so much. My creative juices are primed and ready. Now I'm off to make my list of favorite stories/movies. So grateful for the wisdom you've shared with all of us aspiring writers through your videos. Thank you! 😊
Totally agree!! I'm loving her videos they are always so insightful and packed full of knowledge! I've always been so afraid of my stories taking on elements of other books I've read. Now I know it's okay to mix things up. This will make it so much easier when I'm trying to come up with ideas.
After 5 minutes of this video, I wrote down a detailed plot for my story! I can't believe it was me just yesterday who taught writing's not for me and my mind's always blank. I wanna finish my story now. Thank you so much :)
Bro i have a suggestion for you just think about time ,place and message u want display by your story now watch stories movies related to it , do some research on som3 case studies related to it amd start writing , also may be you need a break
I draw my own cartoons so I often do sitcomy stuff. Over the years I found out the plot doesn't matter it's all about execution. Spongebob turned a plot about a missing name tag into one of the funniest things I have ever seen,
Thank you for this method! I have my own idea now. Here is my structure: Genre: Encanto Plot: Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy Characters: Keeper of the Lost Cities Theme: Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard ("So long as there is wonder in the hearts of men, so, too, will there be magic." -Scrivener Behn) *Story Smoothie Loading* A magically protected valley village is filled with mystical joy and merriment, but a devastating world war rages outside of the haven, a fact that not many of its inhabitants like to admit. A family with a bloodline of intense magical abilities exists within the refuge, each person with different abilities. Groups of soldiers in the war secretly hope for a prophecy spoken by one of the people from the magical bloodline to come true (This person has chosen to make himself more known instead of hiding in the protected haven). The prophecy states that a person from the magical family will be born to end the world war that has been destroying lives for so long. Unknown to the people who hope for the prophecy to come true, one who may indeed be the one spoken of resides in the protected haven - a girl in the magical family who can turn products of her imagination into reality at will. One day a person with magical ability living outside of the haven enters the haven, finds the girl, tells her that he thinks the is the prophesied one, and gains her trust. Now having the weight of the fact that she might be able to end the war on her shoulders, the girl must make a difficult decision - stay in a safe place that she'd known for so long? Or use her abilies to try the stop the war - and create things only she can imagine?
I think she wants to be a writer and has so many ideas but unfortunately she’s a cat and can’t write or tell you all of them because she doesn’t speak English 😂 just an idea
I have a journal of characters who I wish to write someday. In said journal I have internal conflict mapped out along with an inspirational quote that will be the theme of the MCs journey . When I lose motivation I come back to this journal and research prompts to get my external juices flowing (since that's where I tend to run into walls the most). But that's just my process!
Abbie, if someone hasn't said this yet, let me say it to you. YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thanks so much for this. Definitely a life saver! I can't thank you enough for all the videos you and Kate made, which really helps me in my writing journey.
My story started as a fanfic living in my mind and then started to grow and expand into its own little world and then after that I decided to become an author. Edit : thx for this video!! I always felt like I was copying people if I got inspiration from them and it made me feel kinda guilty.
@@ang5824 Well, your friends are ignorant. Lol. I know you probably still love them anyway. But every successful author, especially the most successful Best authors in the world will tell you that they all steal other people's characters and ideas and make them their own
abbie, you don't understand how much you've helped me make my writing better! thank you for your videos! it's also like you read my mind, i needed this so bad.
I love all your videos but I genuinely think this was probably the best one you've done. It's so simple and when I'm writing I'm always thinking "oh I like that from that book, or this from this other book" but never have I thought to the write it down in the way you've just showed us....
This was actually very helpful! I struggle to finish writing books, but at least this cured my writers block. I chose these four books: The plot - The Ascendence Series - The characters - the Traitors Game trilogy - The genre - the Ash Princess trilogy - And the theme - I just chose an overall one that I’ve seen in books that shows working together is better than trying to complete a task alone - this is what I came up with: *A young girl is picked up off of the street by a mysterious man, only to be set into an intricate plan to take the kingdom of Teramika. Little does she know, she has a strong power that could change the course of the kingdom. Suddenly, a bad man who also wants to take control appears, and he has a strong power too. She finds out dark things from her past, and learns that working together is better than trying to work alone. The people she meets along the way help her to overthrow the bad man and take the kingdom back.* Kind of basic, but still, I got over my writers block!
Genre: LOTR Plot: The Wingfeather Saga Characters: Harry Potter Theme: Narnia we have the main character a mother of seven who holds a secret that the evil is pursuing.
Abbie, thank you so much for this. I tend to overthink ALOT when plotting and this showed me that a great story WILL COME TO YOU when you just stay true to what interests YOU.
Having internal conflict has made my character arcs, story structure and beats so much more easier for me. Honestly I have learned so much from your videos!
I completely agree, when it comes to mixing the elements of inspired stories to create your own...there is truth in this, but to stay true to the integrity of originality, it doesn't happen consciously...... after the story is finished, and later analyzed for a review you will see inspirations or signs of inspired stories by coincidence.
U know what Abbie .I'M JUST FREAKING IN LOVE WITH U. Thank you so so so much. I was so low key about thinking of a story and bam! Ur video notification pops up and here I am . You are my inspiration for writing. Thank u soooooo much for this video, hope u keep supporting writers like us. Thank u for making us believe that "OUR STORY MATTERS"😊
Genre: Harry Potter Plot: The Land of Stories Characters: Heartless Theme: Narnia The main character is a noble with a love for books. They want nothing more to escape their reality and to avoid the hardships their position holds. One day, as they are reading a book, they become sucked into the world quite literally and go on a transformative journey while trying to save the characters of the book.
OOh you'd love Inkheart!! But don't worry if this story is similar to others, there's no such thing as a totally original idea. Your story sounds great and you should write it :-)
Abbie! You've really just helped me come up with a solid premise idea for this one story I've been dying to write but couldn't think of how to write it. You're a genius, thank you
Dude, Abbie Emmons, you have become my inspiration! I'm working on a book idea that I've had floating around in my brain for TWO years, and your videos have helped me to underline the core aspects of the storyline and character development. I love human behavior studies too, and I loved your video on how to find the theme for your story. I know you probably won't read this comment, but if you do, keep doing what you're doing! It's great.
THIS ACTUALLY SAVED MY LIFE!!! I haven't been able to come up with an idea I'm connected to, but now I've come up with several! It helps so much to have more of an attachment to my ideas so that I have the desire to pursue them.
In my experience with writing, I get annoyed with what I’ve produced and thought I could’ve done better but with you having my back - you’ve made it so much more helpful to me. I wanted to make it my own but sometimes it’s hard to do that, so thanks. 😊
genre: erebos plot: one of us is lying characters: cody bangs theme: squid game i also choose two movies becauuse i have to write a screenplay for my school. We have really professional and expensive tools and great actors, and i maybe want to become an autor i always have ideas but when i go deeper in this idea its so similar to already existing. This helped me so much thanks!!! :))
I often find it easier to write a novel than a short story because you can really develop a novel more easily, although itmis said that every writer should start his or her career by writing short stories instead of novels.
A friend introduced me to your channel, and it's been really helpful. Your energetic attitude towards writing is also uplifting when I listen while I study or something, so thank you. Looking forward to your next videos.
I was struggling to come up with a story for a couple of weeks I'm here to say that this video helped me come up with a plot and a theme within an hour. Thank you!
Wow, thanks, Abbie. I had literally no idea why I kept doing things I did for my stories. I had not thought of that I was stealing from others whilst writing my own books. So, I thank you for doing this video. It would certainly help me in mixing inspiration for my current story from some of my favorites. Once more, thank you.
When I was badly lost for words, I tried writing a song/poem about my writer's block. It turned out well ("Where Do the Plot Bunnies Go for the Winter?") and it broke the icejam.
I think those prompts are amazing for writing exercises. They make great "flash fictions" or even short stories and really help to break those writer's blocks, but I always wondered why it was so hard to take full stories out of them, and now I guess I got it hahaha absolutely loved this exercise, tho I think it's gonna be REALLY hard to figure my favorite story element from Lord of the Rings
This is amazing, i havent written anything in like 3 years because of college and im sooooo excited because this actually helped me and ive watched so many videos that dont really help. I mixed something with my own ideas and the elements i love from my favorite series, books and animated shows and for the first time in a long time i actually feel like i can make something im passionate about out of this "first draft". I really cant thank you enough, writing is my passion and you have helped me so much in this 16 minutes alone. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I have spent a week trying to come up with a story for one of my writing classes because inspiration hadn't struck me and you help me come up with one in twenty minutes. God bless you.
I REALLY wish I found this video a lot sooner, I was always scared to draw and combine different ideas that I was inspired by growing up because I was scared that people could see right through it and I would be labeled as a story-thief. Thank you so much for this video.
There are plenty of good writing channels with amazing advices. Then there is this channel... A complete masterclass on writing absolutely free. Love it all! ❤
"Young man, hush your crying, dry your tears away Nothing is original, there´s nothing left to say You won´t be the first or be the last to bleed Every broken heart as far as your eye can see It´s a copy of a copy of a copy It´s a copy of a copy of a copy" - Copy of a copy of a copy by Louis Tomlinson I love this song and thought those lyrics might fit here xD
AHHH THIS IS SUCH A COOL IDEA!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 I have tons of story ideas already but none of them really catch my interest anymore cause I burnt myself out by ruining the fun of it by thinking too hard about planning it from pure scratch. I can’t wait to make more great stories I’m gonna love by trying this idea!!!!! You’re so helpful!!! Thank you so much for this video!!!!
I hate writing prompts, I've bought so many books on writing prompts thinking, "This is the one! This is going to help me finish a novel." No! Writing prompts suck! Abbie, I love this exercise, it's so much fun! Thank you for the inspiration.
I love this idea! You’re so right about the random writing prompts, it is hard to get behind them when it feels like you’re being forced to engage with a story you have no desire about. I feel a story smoothie brainstorming session is in order now. 😁📚
I recently read a book featuring a character who is a novelist, and my god, his short stories (its also in that novel) gave this new way of stealing, he was explaining all these how he take classic tale and make them unrecognizable. Now, with this video it just solidified how to come up with new ideas, I'll go and try it now. Wish me luck! ❤
I'm speechless! This is the only writing advice that ever helped me out of my writing block, no cap. And I did it my head whenever I had motivation before this video too! Thank you so much for making this concept more concrete!
You are a genius!!!! I've had writer's block for months, but after trying this exercise I managed to come up with an entire story idea in what? 10 minutes??? Dang!!
I just finished my story on Wattpad and now I have this idea I want to write. The problem is I can not put the pieces together so this video is a great help. Thank you, Abbie. :)
I can not thank you enough Abbie. I have binged so many of your videos. I have always suffered from a lack of inspiration, despite being told I have a knack for storytelling, and an itch to do so. This is some of the best advice I've ever heard. Thank you so much! 💜💜💜
omg this was seriously so enlightening! I've never managed to work with writing prompts, because I felt lukearm at best about them. There wasn't that hook I need, some aspect about the prompt that grips me - now I know why. I cant wait to join your crew! Just rearranging my finances so I can hop on. You're amazing. Your content is amazing. I resonate so much with what you're saying. Abbie, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You add an immense amount of value to this world. Through your writing and through your advice. you give me so much strength and motivation 😭😭💕💕
This is an awesome starter for newer writers! It seems like something a writer would grow out of, but I tried it and got a decent idea to build off of! Thank you!! ~ a newer writer that has no ideas
I’ve been struggling so much with story writing before I’ve been sooo afraid of this. BUT ITS ACTUALLY GOOD! 🤭 you’ve helped me see that inspiration from things is NOT plagiarism, and will actually help you be original! Thank you! You have SAVED ME!!!
Actually, while I'm writing a story, I stop write it for about 5 or 6 pages, after that I have no motivation to continue my story. Helpful indeed. Thank You Abbie!
This is the best idea generating concept I have seen. Thank you. This is exactly what I’m looking for because it’s a concrete concept with examples. I never did great with writing prompts and I used to be great about creating ideas and one day it was just a struggle (fibrofog) and this helps so much. Thank you.
You LITERALLY solved the EXACT problem I was dealing with!!! Here I was thinking I was the only one 😓 Turns out I don't hate writing. I just don't care about what I'm writing!
i never really had a setting and outer context for a story idea and this method helped me realise that a university can solve both of these problems with inspiration of the secret history, thank you so much!
This was my first time watching your channel and it was a lot of fun, definitely subscribing. The 4 stories that I came up with: - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (for the genre) - the comic book Harlene by Stjepan Šejić (for the plot) - Wandavision (for the characters) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (for the theme) The concept: In Portland, Oregon, a couple moves into town. The husband moved them out there so he could work as a psychologist in an asylum. As he works there, he starts the suspect that the warden is involved with some shady business. He also notices that the patients started off as as roudy when the were admitted, but after awhile they become complacent and unresponsive in their sessions. While this is happening, his home life is becoming increasingly stressful. His wife starts to become paranoid and overbearing. He comes to believe that the warden knows more than she’s letting on, on both the patients and his wife.
omg???? you just helped me untangle the bowl of spaghetti that is my first novel. i had so many ideas and plot points that i wanted to use that it just became a hot mess, but this exercise helped me trim all the fat and now i feel like i might actually know what im doing!!! thank you so much!!!
I love listening to your ‘how to’s’ to writing a book. Don’t suppose you could write a book on …How to write a book? Your knowledge is so clear, enthusiastic and easy to absorb, I would definitely Love to buy it!
I recently followed a tiktok account for inspiration because of their short writing prompts, but after watching all of their videos, none of them really had that internal conflict you mention. Like, they are great short sentences stories themselves and come off as "writing prompts", but it's really hard to get inspiration from them or expand further into what the poster would hope happen. This is the very first video I have watched from your channel and you have earned my subscription because this elaborates further into what I was looking for! You are very helpful!
Well then, take inspiration from your dreams! Write out what happened in your dream, maybe take several days dreams and put them together. Maybe it'll form a short story, a world/plot idea. Something
oh my godddd this really helps me! for the longest time ive wanted to write a book but with no idea how to or where to start and this opened my eyes ❤️
I came to the video even though I have a million story ideas, but was interesting in what you were going to say. Didn't expect for you to be mentioning what I've been having problems with. I can never get into writing prompts, because they never truly interest me! I tried the idea and it's so complicated, but I find so fun to figure out the kinks of it! I'm starting to pull more inspiration into it, lol.
Ah! Thank you Abbie so much! What I found helped a lot was seeing you type out those few sentences for the basis of the plot. It helped me with a place to start. I've been watching your videos and coming to understand your overarching ideas for a few months now but struggling to properly use them to build a story. This has kickstarted me though. I've now got a theme/message which I deeply care about - and I haven't had that so much before. I felt like I was trying to force it but now I have one that rings true for me as well as uniting many other nascent plot ideas I've had floating about. That feels really promising. I now also have the beginnings of a plot and characters ( I did already have genre). I don't know if you will see this, but I hope if you do that you understand how grateful I am!
This is great advice! I was almost had half of the story smoothie process started, before watching this video. I started to feel lost about where to start with writing, so far its been ideas after ideas, not much writing of the story. With story smoothies i feel like i can go back to the story and not so many idea's. Thank you for the video and the help. 🥰🥰🥰
Here's what I got for my list: Characters: Redwall (first book in the series) Theme: Watership Down Plot: Lord of the Rings Genre: Grimm Brothers' fairytales (I know they usually wrote short stories but the genre was pretty consistent across them all) Not sure what I'll get out of this yet but all the elements feel like they would fit pretty well together! :)
I learnt everything you taught... Just one thing is clicking in my mind from the beginning of the video! 'Your eyes are more blue than the real blue' They are mesmerizing ❤️
Hello Ms. Abbie If you are reading this, I want to tell you that you have been an amazing teacher to me ever since I found your channel. You are an inspiration, and I want to be an author like you someday. I wanted to request a video... Could you please make a video about writing fight scenes that don't sound... odd? Thanks a lot
This is so true. I always get discouraged when I find myself recreating a story I have read, which happens every time I read a book and at the same period of time I want to write. So I feel like stealing ideas and not creating my own but then I have to remember that J. R. R. Tolkien has recreated many scenes from the Beowulf and other famous stories.
Thank you so much abbie!! You have helped me a lot. I am an aspiring webtoonist. I have no background in writing since i focused too much on my artstyle. I don't wanna create a sht story so i am learning. All I remember was an article about Quentin Tarantino where they said he created a movie out of all the movies he had watched when he's still an employee from a record store. All of his stories are inspired from the bits and pieces of the film he had watched. I took that to heart and applied it in my practice. But you've helped me a lot. I've learned a lot from you. Thank you so much Abbie!
This video gave THE BEST writing advice I have ever heard. I could think of characters and some general plots I wanted it to be like, but I didn’t have any sort of premise for a story, but wanted to write a story. The method you gave solves all of that.
HUH. I had no idea until this video but I have a major problem with creating conflict. This has genuinely changed the way that I approach my work, thank you so much.
Hunger games was actually a direct ripoff of Battle Royale (which had a background based on stuff like Make Room Make Room by Harry Harrison), and in court she admitted she had watched it (after denying it publically) when a message between her and her friend came out. She simply added a brighter tone to the story and a less bleak love story.
Are you following a fiction step by step layout?? Im trying to find one cause im writing but then im like "what goes next" i feel like i need steps to fill in or something
I could probably spend the rest of my life just doing this exercise cuz I read every day and watch TV shows (or movies) nearly every day. SO MANY stories whose characters I'm absolutely in love with; so many for their themes; and genre and plot? So difficult to choose and SO MANY possible combinations! lol
I have three moods:
-I have so much ideas idk how to write
-I have no idea idk how to write
-I'm writing and waiting for the idea
This is every writer's life lmao 🤣 😂
Hello clone!
So me but I have another mood:
-I have an idea on what to write but it's really difficult to write because of its complexity so I just give it up.
That is me 😂 thought up too many ideas
This is true for me, like, I have a story idea, but I don’t know how to write it, so then because I’m thinking of how to write it, I forget the whole story idea.
Actually, my problem is when I'm writing a story, and I stop write it for about 2 to 3 days, then I have no motivation to continues writing. By the way, this is so helpful
I also have that issue unfortunately 😭
It's a writer's block
I have had this disease for 20 years. I wrote my book then I hated it, I didnt want to touch it. It was like an attempted abortion. (this is a book idea). After 20 years in 2019- 2021 I fell for it and I love it and I now want to finish it.
@@allahsdeen1640 or a story
@@Hannah-jk3dk ykw you should definitely finish it. Just switch off your self criticism. Maybe others would love your idea and maybe some could relate. Just keep up the spirit. You can do it
My biggest problem is I get so many ideas for one story, and now I have no idea where to start or how to organize my notes! Yes this is a call for help!
Try to focus on a main idea and then build on that. U need to able to summarize ur story in a few words or sentences. For example, this story is about a father who overcomes the guilt of his past failures and reaches out to reconnect with his new family. Im not an expert for sure, but the more familiar u are with the characters or a certain theme u want to strongly focus on, the easier it will be to make smaller decisions in the story. Like instead of choosing between many cool ideas for an action scene, u find urself gravitating towards one because of how it symbolizes the character's growth in x y z. Also outlining helps alot, I hope this was useful somehow.
I used to struggle with this too but something that helped me was to focus only on what my character wants and what gets in her way. I also categorize my ideas. I hope this helps!!
Edit : also, one of my favorite tools for notetaking is milanote. It's helped me a lot with organization and has been a lifesaver!
Same! I read advice once that said try not to cram so many different themes/ideas/concepts into one novel/story. That can make things super chaotic. Instead, see if you can spread them amongst different stories, and stick to one/two really strong ideas for one story. Otherwise, it can just be everywhere. I've tried cutting some extra ideas out of my story, but it's still quite fat with all these different concepts XD
Do a brain dump
You have to study the 3 Act scheme and apply your ideas to that structure like a puzzle. For example, if you have the idea of someone growing wings in a scene, using the 3 Act scheme, youll add that scene to the Fun and Games beat. Because that the beat where we first start to see action after the character has entered the new world.
Another example, if you have the idea of a talking Cat that tap dances you can add that character to the Entering of Act 2 beat. That’s where we meet new characters. So learn the 3 Act scheme until it hurts 😂 and watch movies to see how the writers apply their ideas to the Acts.
This idea is GENIUS! No one tells you these things or explains the concept of how to creatively "borrow" from other stories the way you do, Abbie. Thank you so much. My creative juices are primed and ready. Now I'm off to make my list of favorite stories/movies. So grateful for the wisdom you've shared with all of us aspiring writers through your videos. Thank you! 😊
You just said my hole thought process
Totally agree!! I'm loving her videos they are always so insightful and packed full of knowledge! I've always been so afraid of my stories taking on elements of other books I've read. Now I know it's okay to mix things up. This will make it so much easier when I'm trying to come up with ideas.
Abbie you have no idea how much you've improved my writing, I just wanted to say thank you for being a huge inspiration!.
Yay! Thank you so much... I'm so glad my videos have inspired you 😉
She's awesome! Great tips. Thanks young lady.
Yeah
@@AbbieEmmons Abbie Mam Can You Pls Tell Me How To Create Or Put A Good Sub Plot In A Story
@@former_dmcrt8614 Indeed!
After 5 minutes of this video, I wrote down a detailed plot for my story! I can't believe it was me just yesterday who taught writing's not for me and my mind's always blank. I wanna finish my story now. Thank you so much :)
Bro , I'm also in same condition, no idea coming to head , i feel I'm not fit for it ...
Bro i have a suggestion for you just think about time ,place and message u want display by your story now watch stories movies related to it , do some research on som3 case studies related to it amd start writing , also may be you need a break
How did it go?
I’m going book
In my experience, writing prompts are usually dull-witted: "Pretend you're Santa Clause and the elves want to unionize".
Agreed
I agree most writing prompts are terrible but I kinda want to write that santa claus one ngl
I draw my own cartoons so I often do sitcomy stuff. Over the years I found out the plot doesn't matter it's all about execution. Spongebob turned a plot about a missing name tag into one of the funniest things I have ever seen,
So true! Sometimes, I search easy writing prompts and then I get something like "my house" or "my brother" seriously
@KAITLYN KENNEY haha there is a funny Studio C sketch about this.
It's almost like finding your art style. You mix the ones of the artists you like the most into your own.
Who else smiled everytime it said "story smoothie blending"?
Ditto!
Yes!
@@CelineRobichaud1986 same lol
me
Haha! Ditto 😂👍
Thank you for this method! I have my own idea now. Here is my structure:
Genre: Encanto
Plot: Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy
Characters: Keeper of the Lost Cities
Theme: Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard ("So long as there is wonder in the hearts of men, so, too, will there be magic." -Scrivener Behn)
*Story Smoothie Loading*
A magically protected valley village is filled with mystical joy and merriment, but a devastating world war rages outside of the haven, a fact that not many of its inhabitants like to admit. A family with a bloodline of intense magical abilities exists within the refuge, each person with different abilities. Groups of soldiers in the war secretly hope for a prophecy spoken by one of the people from the magical bloodline to come true (This person has chosen to make himself more known instead of hiding in the protected haven). The prophecy states that a person from the magical family will be born to end the world war that has been destroying lives for so long. Unknown to the people who hope for the prophecy to come true, one who may indeed be the one spoken of resides in the protected haven - a girl in the magical family who can turn products of her imagination into reality at will. One day a person with magical ability living outside of the haven enters the haven, finds the girl, tells her that he thinks the is the prophesied one, and gains her trust. Now having the weight of the fact that she might be able to end the war on her shoulders, the girl must make a difficult decision - stay in a safe place that she'd known for so long? Or use her abilies to try the stop the war - and create things only she can imagine?
Okay, wow. I love KOTLC and I think this is AMAZING! ❤
I love all of this!!! ❤❤❤
Wings of Fire series is just AMAZINGGGG :)
wings of fireee
@@dominus_ignaviae It's so great to see a fellow KOTLC fan on RUclips! :)
I know this is seven months late, I hope you see this... Happy 2023!
I started watching this video, and suddenly, my cat shows up and starts watching. I had no idea she was such a fan! 😆
Awwww! :D
Is that Ur cat in pf
I think she wants to be a writer and has so many ideas but unfortunately she’s a cat and can’t write or tell you all of them because she doesn’t speak English 😂 just an idea
@@rejim.philip9431 No. It's just a picture I found off the internet. My cat isn't very photogenic 😁
@@Veronica-Palmer._. You know, that sounds like a very good story to write.
As someone who has just started writing creatively and is confused beyond anything, this is such a helpful tool. Thanks a lot, girl 💜
I have a journal of characters who I wish to write someday. In said journal I have internal conflict mapped out along with an inspirational quote that will be the theme of the MCs journey . When I lose motivation I come back to this journal and research prompts to get my external juices flowing (since that's where I tend to run into walls the most). But that's just my process!
Wow what a great idea
That's a genius idea
I’m stealing this idea 🏃🏽♀️
"now mulan! The original film... The new one sucked" I FEEL YOU GIRL. I FEEL YOU.
Abbie, if someone hasn't said this yet, let me say it to you. YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thanks so much for this. Definitely a life saver! I can't thank you enough for all the videos you and Kate made, which really helps me in my writing journey.
Being copied is the greatest compliment. Your complimenting a writer when you take that inspiration!
My story started as a fanfic living in my mind and then started to grow and expand into its own little world and then after that I decided to become an author.
Edit : thx for this video!! I always felt like I was copying people if I got inspiration from them and it made me feel kinda guilty.
My friends guilt me for this
I do the exactly same thing
@@ang5824 Well, your friends are ignorant. Lol. I know you probably still love them anyway. But every successful author, especially the most successful Best authors in the world will tell you that they all steal other people's characters and ideas and make them their own
@@carsonallen4719 I always try my best to write but sometimes my ideas may be a bit similar and they tell me off lmao, I still love them tho
Same 😂
the fact that this advice is free is a miracle. thank u this has been so helpful!
abbie, you don't understand how much you've helped me make my writing better! thank you for your videos! it's also like you read my mind, i needed this so bad.
I love all your videos but I genuinely think this was probably the best one you've done. It's so simple and when I'm writing I'm always thinking "oh I like that from that book, or this from this other book" but never have I thought to the write it down in the way you've just showed us....
Looking at my story premise now, I realized that I’ve subconsciously been using this method
This was actually very helpful! I struggle to finish writing books, but at least this cured my writers block. I chose these four books: The plot - The Ascendence Series - The characters - the Traitors Game trilogy - The genre - the Ash Princess trilogy - And the theme - I just chose an overall one that I’ve seen in books that shows working together is better than trying to complete a task alone - this is what I came up with: *A young girl is picked up off of the street by a mysterious man, only to be set into an intricate plan to take the kingdom of Teramika. Little does she know, she has a strong power that could change the course of the kingdom. Suddenly, a bad man who also wants to take control appears, and he has a strong power too. She finds out dark things from her past, and learns that working together is better than trying to work alone. The people she meets along the way help her to overthrow the bad man and take the kingdom back.* Kind of basic, but still, I got over my writers block!
Thats really good!!
Genre: LOTR
Plot: The Wingfeather Saga
Characters: Harry Potter
Theme: Narnia
we have the main character a mother of seven who holds a secret that the evil is pursuing.
I already love it!
@@ElaIsAVampire Oh my goodness thank you!
That's epic!
@@myopicdreams wow! thank you!
Wow!
Abbie, thank you so much for this. I tend to overthink ALOT when plotting and this showed me that a great story WILL COME TO YOU when you just stay true to what interests YOU.
Having internal conflict has made my character arcs, story structure and beats so much more easier for me. Honestly I have learned so much from your videos!
I completely agree, when it comes to mixing the elements of inspired stories to create your own...there is truth in this, but to stay true to the integrity of originality, it doesn't happen consciously......
after the story is finished, and later analyzed for a review you will see inspirations or signs of inspired stories by coincidence.
U know what Abbie .I'M JUST FREAKING IN LOVE WITH U. Thank you so so so much. I was so low key about thinking of a story and bam! Ur video notification pops up and here I am . You are my inspiration for writing. Thank u soooooo much for this video, hope u keep supporting writers like us. Thank u for making us believe that "OUR STORY MATTERS"😊
Genre: Harry Potter
Plot: The Land of Stories
Characters: Heartless
Theme: Narnia
The main character is a noble with a love for books. They want nothing more to escape their reality and to avoid the hardships their position holds. One day, as they are reading a book, they become sucked into the world quite literally and go on a transformative journey while trying to save the characters of the book.
@@aliceberethart Oh? I've never read it. 😅
You might enjoy Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair
OOh you'd love Inkheart!!
But don't worry if this story is similar to others, there's no such thing as a totally original idea. Your story sounds great and you should write it :-)
add some luv tension PLEASE!!!
@@aliceberethart sounds more like Inkheart to me
Abbie! You've really just helped me come up with a solid premise idea for this one story I've been dying to write but couldn't think of how to write it. You're a genius, thank you
Thank you! This video is what I needed! I have been watching and reading everything that just was not helping. Can’t wait to start writing!
Dude, Abbie Emmons, you have become my inspiration! I'm working on a book idea that I've had floating around in my brain for TWO years, and your videos have helped me to underline the core aspects of the storyline and character development. I love human behavior studies too, and I loved your video on how to find the theme for your story. I know you probably won't read this comment, but if you do, keep doing what you're doing! It's great.
THIS ACTUALLY SAVED MY LIFE!!! I haven't been able to come up with an idea I'm connected to, but now I've come up with several! It helps so much to have more of an attachment to my ideas so that I have the desire to pursue them.
As someone who has just started writing creatively and is confused beyond anything, this is such a helpful tool. Thanks a lot, girl
In my experience with writing, I get annoyed with what I’ve produced and thought I could’ve done better but with you having my back - you’ve made it so much more helpful to me. I wanted to make it my own but sometimes it’s hard to do that, so thanks. 😊
genre: erebos
plot: one of us is lying
characters: cody bangs
theme: squid game
i also choose two movies becauuse i have to write a screenplay for my school. We have really professional and expensive tools and great actors, and i maybe want to become an autor i always have ideas but when i go deeper in this idea its so similar to already existing. This helped me so much thanks!!! :))
I often find it easier to write a novel than a short story because you can really develop a novel more easily, although itmis said that every writer should start his or her career by writing short stories instead of novels.
A friend introduced me to your channel, and it's been really helpful. Your energetic attitude towards writing is also uplifting when I listen while I study or something, so thank you.
Looking forward to your next videos.
I was struggling to come up with a story for a couple of weeks I'm here to say that this video helped me come up with a plot and a theme within an hour. Thank you!
Wow, thanks, Abbie. I had literally no idea why I kept doing things I did for my stories. I had not thought of that I was stealing from others whilst writing my own books. So, I thank you for doing this video. It would certainly help me in mixing inspiration for my current story from some of my favorites. Once more, thank you.
When I was badly lost for words, I tried writing a song/poem about my writer's block. It turned out well ("Where Do the Plot Bunnies Go for the Winter?") and it broke the icejam.
I think those prompts are amazing for writing exercises. They make great "flash fictions" or even short stories and really help to break those writer's blocks, but I always wondered why it was so hard to take full stories out of them, and now I guess I got it hahaha absolutely loved this exercise, tho I think it's gonna be REALLY hard to figure my favorite story element from Lord of the Rings
This is amazing, i havent written anything in like 3 years because of college and im sooooo excited because this actually helped me and ive watched so many videos that dont really help. I mixed something with my own ideas and the elements i love from my favorite series, books and animated shows and for the first time in a long time i actually feel like i can make something im passionate about out of this "first draft". I really cant thank you enough, writing is my passion and you have helped me so much in this 16 minutes alone. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wow!! At 14:04 that story sounds like Voltron but told from the perspective of Pidge as a protagonist, and I love it
I have spent a week trying to come up with a story for one of my writing classes because inspiration hadn't struck me and you help me come up with one in twenty minutes. God bless you.
I REALLY wish I found this video a lot sooner, I was always scared to draw and combine different ideas that I was inspired by growing up because I was scared that people could see right through it and I would be labeled as a story-thief. Thank you so much for this video.
There are plenty of good writing channels with amazing advices. Then there is this channel... A complete masterclass on writing absolutely free. Love it all! ❤
"Young man, hush your crying, dry your tears away
Nothing is original, there´s nothing left to say
You won´t be the first or be the last to bleed
Every broken heart as far as your eye can see
It´s a copy of a copy of a copy
It´s a copy of a copy of a copy"
- Copy of a copy of a copy by Louis Tomlinson
I love this song and thought those lyrics might fit here xD
I have been experiencing burnout (and therefore, lack of inspiration) for 5 years and this genuinely helped me find a starting point. Thank you!
AHHH THIS IS SUCH A COOL IDEA!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 I have tons of story ideas already but none of them really catch my interest anymore cause I burnt myself out by ruining the fun of it by thinking too hard about planning it from pure scratch.
I can’t wait to make more great stories I’m gonna love by trying this idea!!!!! You’re so helpful!!! Thank you so much for this video!!!!
I hate writing prompts, I've bought so many books on writing prompts thinking, "This is the one! This is going to help me finish a novel." No! Writing prompts suck! Abbie, I love this exercise, it's so much fun! Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you so much for this! I've been struggling this past week with inspiration and writing prompts just weren't working. I will definitely try this!
I'm so glad you found this helpful!
I would seriously just watch you throw these ideas together for hours
I love this idea! You’re so right about the random writing prompts, it is hard to get behind them when it feels like you’re being forced to engage with a story you have no desire about.
I feel a story smoothie brainstorming session is in order now. 😁📚
I recently read a book featuring a character who is a novelist, and my god, his short stories (its also in that novel) gave this new way of stealing, he was explaining all these how he take classic tale and make them unrecognizable. Now, with this video it just solidified how to come up with new ideas, I'll go and try it now. Wish me luck! ❤
I'm speechless! This is the only writing advice that ever helped me out of my writing block, no cap. And I did it my head whenever I had motivation before this video too! Thank you so much for making this concept more concrete!
You are a genius!!!! I've had writer's block for months, but after trying this exercise I managed to come up with an entire story idea in what? 10 minutes??? Dang!!
I just finished my story on Wattpad and now I have this idea I want to write. The problem is I can not put the pieces together so this video is a great help. Thank you, Abbie. :)
I can not thank you enough Abbie. I have binged so many of your videos. I have always suffered from a lack of inspiration, despite being told I have a knack for storytelling, and an itch to do so. This is some of the best advice I've ever heard. Thank you so much! 💜💜💜
This is so smart. I've actually been doing that all along without even noticing.
omg this was seriously so enlightening! I've never managed to work with writing prompts, because I felt lukearm at best about them. There wasn't that hook I need, some aspect about the prompt that grips me - now I know why.
I cant wait to join your crew! Just rearranging my finances so I can hop on. You're amazing. Your content is amazing. I resonate so much with what you're saying. Abbie, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You add an immense amount of value to this world. Through your writing and through your advice.
you give me so much strength and motivation 😭😭💕💕
This is an awesome starter for newer writers! It seems like something a writer would grow out of, but I tried it and got a decent idea to build off of! Thank you!! ~ a newer writer that has no ideas
I’ve been struggling so much with story writing before I’ve been sooo afraid of this. BUT ITS ACTUALLY GOOD! 🤭 you’ve helped me see that inspiration from things is NOT plagiarism, and will actually help you be original! Thank you! You have SAVED ME!!!
you’re so pretty, and this really helped me finish my stories on time. much love from the west indies ~
Actually, while I'm writing a story, I stop write it for about 5 or 6 pages, after that I have no motivation to continue my story. Helpful indeed. Thank You Abbie!
This is the best idea generating concept I have seen. Thank you. This is exactly what I’m looking for because it’s a concrete concept with examples. I never did great with writing prompts and I used to be great about creating ideas and one day it was just a struggle (fibrofog) and this helps so much. Thank you.
You LITERALLY solved the EXACT problem I was dealing with!!! Here I was thinking I was the only one 😓 Turns out I don't hate writing. I just don't care about what I'm writing!
This is legit advice for writing stories when you're stuck. Thank you!
i never really had a setting and outer context for a story idea and this method helped me realise that a university can solve both of these problems with inspiration of the secret history, thank you so much!
This was my first time watching your channel and it was a lot of fun, definitely subscribing.
The 4 stories that I came up with:
- Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (for the genre)
- the comic book Harlene by Stjepan Šejić (for the plot)
- Wandavision (for the characters)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (for the theme)
The concept:
In Portland, Oregon, a couple moves into town. The husband moved them out there so he could work as a psychologist in an asylum. As he works there, he starts the suspect that the warden is involved with some shady business. He also notices that the patients started off as as roudy when the were admitted, but after awhile they become complacent and unresponsive in their sessions. While this is happening, his home life is becoming increasingly stressful. His wife starts to become paranoid and overbearing. He comes to believe that the warden knows more than she’s letting on, on both the patients and his wife.
omg???? you just helped me untangle the bowl of spaghetti that is my first novel. i had so many ideas and plot points that i wanted to use that it just became a hot mess, but this exercise helped me trim all the fat and now i feel like i might actually know what im doing!!! thank you so much!!!
I love listening to your ‘how to’s’ to writing a book. Don’t suppose you could write a book on …How to write a book? Your knowledge is so clear, enthusiastic and easy to absorb, I would definitely Love to buy it!
Gràcies!
Thank you, after more than a year of struggles, I finally got a general idea on what to write/brainstorm further about :)
I recently followed a tiktok account for inspiration because of their short writing prompts, but after watching all of their videos, none of them really had that internal conflict you mention. Like, they are great short sentences stories themselves and come off as "writing prompts", but it's really hard to get inspiration from them or expand further into what the poster would hope happen. This is the very first video I have watched from your channel and you have earned my subscription because this elaborates further into what I was looking for! You are very helpful!
When you know you are creative but it only shows when you asleep. IN YOUR DREAMS 😥😥💔💔💔💔
Well then, take inspiration from your dreams! Write out what happened in your dream, maybe take several days dreams and put them together. Maybe it'll form a short story, a world/plot idea. Something
oh my godddd this really helps me! for the longest time ive wanted to write a book but with no idea how to or where to start and this opened my eyes ❤️
i’m so so happy this was recommended to me, this is so good, positive and helpful
I came to the video even though I have a million story ideas, but was interesting in what you were going to say. Didn't expect for you to be mentioning what I've been having problems with. I can never get into writing prompts, because they never truly interest me!
I tried the idea and it's so complicated, but I find so fun to figure out the kinks of it! I'm starting to pull more inspiration into it, lol.
I’ve been writing good stories for a while, but this will definitely improve my writing. Ty!
Ah! Thank you Abbie so much! What I found helped a lot was seeing you type out those few sentences for the basis of the plot. It helped me with a place to start. I've been watching your videos and coming to understand your overarching ideas for a few months now but struggling to properly use them to build a story. This has kickstarted me though. I've now got a theme/message which I deeply care about - and I haven't had that so much before. I felt like I was trying to force it but now I have one that rings true for me as well as uniting many other nascent plot ideas I've had floating about. That feels really promising. I now also have the beginnings of a plot and characters ( I did already have genre). I don't know if you will see this, but I hope if you do that you understand how grateful I am!
Hey Abbie. I was able to write my first short story yesterday thanks to your videos. You are always so articulate and helpful. Thanks a lot❤❤
This is great advice! I was almost had half of the story smoothie process started, before watching this video. I started to feel lost about where to start with writing, so far its been ideas after ideas, not much writing of the story. With story smoothies i feel like i can go back to the story and not so many idea's. Thank you for the video and the help. 🥰🥰🥰
Here's what I got for my list:
Characters: Redwall (first book in the series)
Theme: Watership Down
Plot: Lord of the Rings
Genre: Grimm Brothers' fairytales (I know they usually wrote short stories but the genre was pretty consistent across them all)
Not sure what I'll get out of this yet but all the elements feel like they would fit pretty well together! :)
I would love to read a story with those elements! 😀
I learnt everything you taught... Just one thing is clicking in my mind from the beginning of the video! 'Your eyes are more blue than the real blue' They are mesmerizing ❤️
“Good composers borrow. Great composers steal.” -Igor Stravinsky. Cut to John Williams.
This is the first video I saw when I searched for story writing, I'm glad I've seen this. You gave me ways to think of a story. Thanks a lot!
Hi Abbie, Thank you so much for doing this. Your videos aren't only helpful but also inspiring. You literally are the best ❤❤❤
i really shocked myself as i managed to write a great plot in less than five minutes, thanks!
Hello Ms. Abbie
If you are reading this, I want to tell you that you have been an amazing teacher to me ever since I found your channel. You are an inspiration, and I want to be an author like you someday.
I wanted to request a video... Could you please make a video about writing fight scenes that don't sound... odd?
Thanks a lot
This is so true. I always get discouraged when I find myself recreating a story I have read, which happens every time I read a book and at the same period of time I want to write. So I feel like stealing ideas and not creating my own but then I have to remember that J. R. R. Tolkien has recreated many scenes from the Beowulf and other famous stories.
Thank you so much abbie!! You have helped me a lot. I am an aspiring webtoonist. I have no background in writing since i focused too much on my artstyle. I don't wanna create a sht story so i am learning. All I remember was an article about Quentin Tarantino where they said he created a movie out of all the movies he had watched when he's still an employee from a record store. All of his stories are inspired from the bits and pieces of the film he had watched. I took that to heart and applied it in my practice. But you've helped me a lot. I've learned a lot from you. Thank you so much Abbie!
I'm interested to read your webtoon :)
This video gave THE BEST writing advice I have ever heard. I could think of characters and some general plots I wanted it to be like, but I didn’t have any sort of premise for a story, but wanted to write a story. The method you gave solves all of that.
Wow, thank you! I’m so glad it inspired you! 🥹🙏
Completely out of context: she looks like Nancy from Stranger Things when she turns side ways...
HUH. I had no idea until this video but I have a major problem with creating conflict. This has genuinely changed the way that I approach my work, thank you so much.
Hunger games was actually a direct ripoff of Battle Royale (which had a background based on stuff like Make Room Make Room by Harry Harrison), and in court she admitted she had watched it (after denying it publically) when a message between her and her friend came out. She simply added a brighter tone to the story and a less bleak love story.
It's so funny cause twilight and pride and prejudice were two of the four I picked from the top of my head
This is genius
I wrote a great plot in just 5 minutes and I'm so excited to finish writing the novelette. Thank you so much Abbie! You're such an inspiration!❤❤
Are you following a fiction step by step layout?? Im trying to find one cause im writing but then im like "what goes next" i feel like i need steps to fill in or something
My list 😂
1. High school musical the musical the series
2. Titanic
3. Spiderman/MCU
4. Harry Potter
Well. I certainly am something lol
TITANIC THE MUSICAL! Has it been done?? Will GOOGLEY.🚢
Mine
1 . Gerne - Sherlock Holmes
2. Charecters - the last leaf
3.plot - Naruto
4. Theme - Mulan
I could probably spend the rest of my life just doing this exercise cuz I read every day and watch TV shows (or movies) nearly every day. SO MANY stories whose characters I'm absolutely in love with; so many for their themes; and genre and plot? So difficult to choose and SO MANY possible combinations! lol