HOW DO I COME UP WITH A HIGH CONCEPT CONTEMPORARY YA STORY IDEA
I'M TIRED
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE
>how
Be somewhat talented
>>8790758
Not everything has been done.
Don't be afraid to go beyond. That's the best advice I can give.
Literary Innovation...try that :)
Rewrite the Iliad set in high school.
Think of everything that's ever been done. Write a list. Then do none of those things.
>>8790914
ILIAD ANIME WHEN
>>8790890
everything is just an amalgamation of other ideas
how can i write something new
especially young adult shit
>>8790933
>tfw ilianime
oh god this
this so much i have suffered so long and i ask so little
>>8790962
Then do something old
Go for as generic cliche concept as possible but make something fresh out of it
If you aren't randomly hit with at least 4-5 okay sounding premises every day, quit writing forever
>>8791010
Well no one said this shit is easy. Just imagine what your favourite author would do
>>8790758
It's not that hard
Making it works is the real problem
>>8791023
my fav author writes cliches well
i just want something high concept and edgy like maybe a student/teacher romance. that's been overplayed, but yeah.
>>8791048
Write a romance story from the perspective of a child abuse victim with Stockholm Syndrome.
>>8791048
Take it in a Lolita direction and do it from the teacher's perspective
>>8791095
That's just Tampa
>>8791097
Then do it from someone else's perspective
>>8790758
there are no rules to literature
>Loser 15 yo guy
>Gets bullied by everybody
>Even his family doesn't give a fuck about him because of his chad brother
>Runs away from home
>Start his new life living in a trailer working on a shitty job
>Works his way to financial sucess
>15 years later he returns to his home town
>Takes revenge on everyone (I don't mean kill them)
Hard mode: make it a girl MC
>>8791097
Except Tampa is a shit cashgrab book