How to come up with an interesting story

As in any business, in inventing the history of the most difficult to start. How to come up with an interesting story? Something to tell the story? In situations such search, the psychologist Edward de Bono recommends the use of a strategy of ten random words. Suppose you want to write a story about going to sea. But also threads in the head did not come. Take the dictionary and pick random words. Each of these words associate any logical ties to the. In the course of this work needs to "break out" and interesting idea for a beginning of history.

A similar method recommended to use a known-teller Gianni Rodari. To compose the tale, he was asked to choose at random two words and splice them together. This was considered the beginning of a fairy tale. For example, "dog" and "wardrobe". The trivial connection gives rise to the enigmatic tale, "the Dog was sitting in the closet." Then it remains only to spin the story: "what was she doing there?", "Then what happened?", etc.

Have Rodari there are many tips on how to write stories. They are all simple and applicable even in games with children. Learn about these tips from the book this writer's "Grammar of fantasy".

Wonderful it would be to turn to the experience of other writers. But to choose to read better not monographs and serious works about writing, and light and easy to understand book. One of these works is called "How to write a book." The author Stephen king. And by the way, despite the fact that king – the king of horror, this work is fun to read.

After invented a decent start, with the content of the story problems usually arise. The difficulties tend to be at the end. Interesting story and need to finish respectively. In order to achieve a result, you need to exercise in originality. For example, imagine Bunny ears sticking out from behind a Bush. I think there is a hare? And perhaps no. What then? Or imagine two drawn semicircles on the same line. What could it be? Trivial is the answer to two of the hangar. And the original, for example - two haystacks on a flying carpet.