Seven Ideas In Seven Days
All you need is a pen and paper and we'll show you how to transform yourself into a story idea machine. Learn to see, hear and think like a writer!
Learn to see, think, and hear like a writer
Give us seven days and we’ll give you a whole shedload of techniques and exercises for generating ideas and turning them into usable outlines for brilliant stories.
Great ideas are the bedrock of storytelling and writing. Sometimes they come thick and fast, and sometimes they seem to languish in the dank cellar of your subconscious and refuse to come out to play.
All those ideas are in there though, hiding in your brain, just waiting for the spark that sets them free.
In this fun, fast-paced seven day course, we’ll work with you through ways to feed your brain, germinate those idea-seeds (seedy ideas?) and keep stories tumbling out of your head.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How to turn every day observations into story ideas
- Turning vibes into plot
- How one small idea can become a behemoth of a story
15 steps in 7 sections
1Day 1: Write about what you don't know
- WATCH: Starting points
- READ: Write about what you don’t know
- EXERCISE: Change the channel
2Day 2: An author thought up a killer title, and you won’t believe what happens next
- READ: Ideas from titles
- EXERCISE: Fantasy book covers
3Day 3: It starts with a kiss
- READ: Doing the work
- EXERCISE: Story seeds
4Day 4: More than a feeling
- READ AND WATCH: Relax your face
- EXERCISE: Pick a feeling, any feeling
5Day 5: Feed your brain - ask it questions
- READ: Brain food
- EXERCISE: Fill your brain, empty your brain
6Day 6: Big idea/small idea
- READ: Making the grade
- EXERCISE: Put it all together
7Day 7: A very tiny novel
- READ AND DO: Make a giant literary baby
