Make up a story
THE PRINCIPLE
Making up stories warms up your brain
A great way to limber up your mind is to start making connections, and there’s nothing the creative mind likes better than making up stories. Randomly pick one element from each of the columns below, so you have TWO CHARACTERS, an EMOTION and a SETTING.
Spend 60 seconds making up a story by mashing them up. If it’s good, write it down and send it to George Lucas because this is exactly how he came up with Star Wars.* Otherwise, just use it to get your brain warmed up.
For example, let’s say we randomly choose Gardener, Gangster, Revenge and London Eye. Our story might be that ...
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