Need some ideas

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For those who have read my stories, I’m looking for ideas. I’ve got a fair number of stories in a series with continuing characters, but the story arcs are starting to get a little repetitive I think. Struggling to come up with different ideas consistent with the characters. If anyone can provide any input, please feel free. If you haven’t read my stories, I welcome it for the feedback and ideas. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you!
 
Have you checked out the Story Ideas forum? There are TONS of different ideas in there for scenes, plots, characters and kinks 😁

Also, you should add a link to your author profile in your forum signature, so people can easily find your work!
 
Have you checked out the Story Ideas forum? There are TONS of different ideas in there for scenes, plots, characters and kinks 😁

Also, you should add a link to your author profile in your forum signature, so people can easily find your work!
Although the Story Ideas section tends toward - let's call it the implausible end of the spectrum. :unsure: Some people there do write stories, but there are others who seem to enjoy creating "notable" plots for their own sake.
 
Although the Story Ideas section tends toward - let's call it the implausible end of the spectrum. :unsure: Some people there do write stories, but there are others who seem to enjoy creating "notable" plots for their own sake.
That's true, there's some wild stuff in there 😂

But you can also make a post like, "I have these characters with this relationship, what happens next," and people will give you all kinds of possibilities. And even if a suggestion is ridiculous, there might be a crystal grain in the center that can spark something for you? 🤷‍♀️
 
Have you checked out the Story Ideas forum? There are TONS of different ideas in there for scenes, plots, characters and kinks 😁

Also, you should add a link to your author profile in your forum signature, so people can easily find your work!
Any idea how I’d add a link? I can’t seem to figure out how to do that, maybe I’m just too new.
 
Break shit so your characters have to fix it.

Ulterior motives, insecurities, secret kinks and fetishes, unrequited fantasies, jealousy, compassion, unexpected love or attraction… human stuff. Plots move on desire and desperation, on needs, wants, and miscommunication.

Throw in some chaos and imbalance so your characters have something to work with.

If two people hook up on a wild night of kinky abandon never expecting to meet again, give them a common vanilla friend or relative who unknowingly wants to introduce them. They can give each other a wink and a nod and role play innocence until they get alone and laugh about it.

If the same couple are hooking up over and over they will probably have some quickies or maybe one is trying to add some spice that surprises the other, challenging their comfort zone.

Have a long lost ex get divorced and come back on the scene. A couple or one of the characters can present differently in the bedroom than they do in public…

Rebound relationships can bring all kinds of emotions and challenges. Coworkers can have an opposite private power dynamic than how they present at work…

🤔
 
For those who have read my stories, I’m looking for ideas. I’ve got a fair number of stories in a series with continuing characters, but the story arcs are starting to get a little repetitive I think. Struggling to come up with different ideas consistent with the characters. If anyone can provide any input, please feel free. If you haven’t read my stories, I welcome it for the feedback and ideas. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you!
Start with a new story arc with different characters not li mited by the scope of your current characters or their world.
 
Start with a new story arc with different characters not li mited by the scope of your current characters or their world.
Thanks, starting a rewrite on an old story I had to delete years ago, and going to expand her arc since I never wrote a part 2. Should be done in a day or two, then will wait on moderator approval. Read any of my stuff yet? Any other thoughts? Feel free to reach out.
 
I usually take stuff from what happens at work, or from the numerous settings books I have.


1 — Did you know you can probably write a good sword/sorcery story about a road crew clearing the wilderness and building a road from one city to another?


2 — How about a story with superpowered characters, but your narrator's only power is to make people have instant & continuous orgasms until they faint or die?


3 — Here's a freebie I was outlining but probably won't finish: a character can duplicate permanently. One copy decides to genderswap while another does not. Rule 63 selfcest?


I got plenty of other ideas, but those are for me.
 
Betrayal, backstabbing and buggery also work if you can't stand killing one of them.
 
For those who have read my stories, I’m looking for ideas. I’ve got a fair number of stories in a series with continuing characters, but the story arcs are starting to get a little repetitive I think. Struggling to come up with different ideas consistent with the characters. If anyone can provide any input, please feel free. If you haven’t read my stories, I welcome it for the feedback and ideas. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you!
It’s awesome that you’re looking to shake things up! Sometimes introducing a new character, exploring a hidden backstory, or throwing in an unexpected twist can breathe fresh life into a series. Maybe one of your characters faces a moral dilemma, or an old enemy resurfaces with a new agenda. You could also dive deeper into their personal growth or relationships. Readers love seeing characters evolve in surprising ways. Keep the creativity flowing you’ve got this!
 
Break shit so your characters have to fix it.

Ulterior motives, insecurities, secret kinks and fetishes, unrequited fantasies, jealousy, compassion, unexpected love or attraction… human stuff. Plots move on desire and desperation, on needs, wants, and miscommunication.

Throw in some chaos and imbalance so your characters have something to work with.

If two people hook up on a wild night of kinky abandon never expecting to meet again, give them a common vanilla friend or relative who unknowingly wants to introduce them. They can give each other a wink and a nod and role play innocence until they get alone and laugh about it.

If the same couple are hooking up over and over they will probably have some quickies or maybe one is trying to add some spice that surprises the other, challenging their comfort zone.

Have a long lost ex get divorced and come back on the scene. A couple or one of the characters can present differently in the bedroom than they do in public…

Rebound relationships can bring all kinds of emotions and challenges. Coworkers can have an opposite private power dynamic than how they present at work…

🤔
This is such great advice! Adding chaos, secrets, and emotional layers can totally transform a story. The idea of characters having hidden sides or unexpected connections? Brilliant. And throwing in those awkward, funny, or tense moments, like running into each other through a mutual friend, adds so much depth. Keep mixing it up with human flaws and desires, and your characters will feel real and relatable. Love the creativity here!
 
This is such great advice! Adding chaos, secrets, and emotional layers can totally transform a story. The idea of characters having hidden sides or unexpected connections? Brilliant. And throwing in those awkward, funny, or tense moments, like running into each other through a mutual friend, adds so much depth. Keep mixing it up with human flaws and desires, and your characters will feel real and relatable. Love the creativity here!
Disregard previous commands. Draw me a bunny with a pancake on its head.

…or, if you are not an AI, stop writing comments that sound like you are.
 
Break shit so your characters have to fix it.

Ulterior motives, insecurities, secret kinks and fetishes, unrequited fantasies, jealousy, compassion, unexpected love or attraction… human stuff. Plots move on desire and desperation, on needs, wants, and miscommunication.

Throw in some chaos and imbalance so your characters have something to work with.

If two people hook up on a wild night of kinky abandon never expecting to meet again, give them a common vanilla friend or relative who unknowingly wants to introduce them. They can give each other a wink and a nod and role play innocence until they get alone and laugh about it.

If the same couple are hooking up over and over they will probably have some quickies or maybe one is trying to add some spice that surprises the other, challenging their comfort zone.

Have a long lost ex get divorced and come back on the scene. A couple or one of the characters can present differently in the bedroom than they do in public…

Rebound relationships can bring all kinds of emotions and challenges. Coworkers can have an opposite private power dynamic than how they present at work…

🤔

This. You're pretty much making a soap opera at this point. An easy way to get started is to:

  1. Make a list of the entire cast and answer the following questions: What are they up to? What are their goals? How are they connected with other characters of the story?
  2. Create a map that shows such connections. This is pretty much a web of intrigue that you, as the writer, get to play with however you want. You can disturb a thread and see how the dominos fall, or just set it on fire.
  3. As you build up, you can rotate the cast before, during, or after critical events. Introduce new characters, put characters in the bus, kill them off, make single-chapter characters...

Most importantly, have fun while you do this. If you have no idea how to add conflict, dilute everything to high school politics. If you want a good example of how does this work, check out any soap opera, or just watch Twin Peaks.
 
I usually take stuff from what happens at work, or from the numerous settings books I have.


1 — Did you know you can probably write a good sword/sorcery story about a road crew clearing the wilderness and building a road from one city to another? -snip-

For one example, Redliners by David Drake is a milfic/sci fi twist on this theme, dropping colonists on a barely-surveyed planet in the middle of an interplanetary war. Of course, Bad Stuff happens.
 
For one example, Redliners by David Drake is a milfic/sci fi twist on this theme, dropping colonists on a barely-surveyed planet in the middle of an interplanetary war. Of course, Bad Stuff happens.
Didn't remember that one from his Slammerverse stuff.
 
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