Total Randomosity

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Here are a bunch of random ideas I couldn't fit anywhere else.

To come up with strange insults, use the formula adjective + swear word + noun. i.e. Abominable s*** goblin.

Write in the second person. i.e. You did the thing with passion and grace.

Hide song lyrics in your story.

Use Shakespearean insults.

Write in the future tense. i.e. They will be happy.

Listen to various songs until you get inspiration.

Make up the stories behind memes.

Write in both the first and second person. i.e. I laugh at you.

Spell stuff backwards.

Make up the story behind a song.

Write your ramblings, stream-of-consciousness style.

Ask a weird 'what if' question, then answer it.

Read someone else's ideas and then steal them. *cough* *cough*

Write the backstory to an uncommon video game.

Take two unrelated things. Relate them.

Sit in a mall or some equally crowded place and people-watch.

Write classic stories with a new subversive twist.

Hide movie quotes in your story.

Make two characters have an existing romantic relationship, rather than the buildup.

Write a day in the life of an inanimate object.

Explain why the chicken crossed the road.

Prove that you're not insane.

Write about real-life people.

Toss Scrabble letters on the ground and read what they say.

Read other's work and steal little bits of it, then put your spin on it.

Write entirely in questions.

Take your characters and throw them a wrench. Literally.

Use a big word, or better, several, out of context.

Write entirely in statements.

Take an unfunny situation and make it funny.

Make your characters COMPLETELY wrong.

Write whatever the heck you want. I can't control you.

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