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Title Leading Story - podcast
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Title Leading Story - podcast
National bestselling children’s author R.L. Stine shares inspiration on how to come up with story ideas. He typically thinks of a great book title first, and then creates a story from the title. This technique is the reverse of what most authors would do, but it shows us that there is more than one way to create new stories. It is also a great example of how to play on our strengths. He knows what works for him and he replicates it every time. Find what works for you in story development, then leverage it every time.
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Nancy DeBeer
i love your books and i actually read say cheese and die and it was very good. i think that is something to experiment with thank you
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Steven Turnwald
This is a great idea Mr. Stine. This is basically what I did in writing my book.
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tina helme
How informative thank you x
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Gideon C Mekwunye
I agreee Sir! Great Ideas. Author of the book entitled "Tear Drops."
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Former Member
Hi Lai -- I love that your dreams inform your stories. it's a great reminder for all of us to pay attention to dreams and other less obvious messages from our brains.... we never know where a great idea will come from.
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