SAMPLING FROM: How to Choose Your Book Idea
This is a sampling of the content in How to Choose Your Book Idea (M1-S101)
TOPIC: CREATIVE Book Ideas from your PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Use your personal experiences to generate book ideas
If you’re looking to be a writer, let’s dig into that one idea or concept that really sparks your interest. I’ve got a little secret to share with you, the idea that sends shivers down your spine, is going to be the one you just have to tell. Because it the one idea that will really sets off a chain reaction of possibilities that you just can’t get out of your head.
Have you ever had one of those “aha!” moments in your life? It’s hard to explain—you just get it and understand it. That’s the feeling you get when you stumble upon your “aha!” moment with an idea. When something clicks inside you, it’s like a light bulb goes off, and you realise you’ve discovered your passion.
If it resonates with you, chances are it will resonate with your readers too. If you’re struggling to think of book ideas, you might want to consider that you could be looking in the wrong places. This lesson looks at different areas you can explore from your own life experiences to find the sources that will spark a passion in your readers.
Questions to Ask Yourself that May Help
- What pivotal moments in your life have left a lasting impact on your beliefs, values, or worldview, and how might you explore these moments in a narrative to share their significance with readers?
- How have your personal challenges or struggles shaped you, and can you envision a story that delves it overcoming adversity, resilience, or personal growth, drawing from your own experiences?
- Reflecting on your relationships, which ones have been the most transformative or influential in your life? How can you use the dynamics of these relationships as a foundation for character-driven narratives in a book?
- In what ways has your cultural background or heritage influenced your identity, and how might you integrate cultural elements into a story to explore themes of identity, belonging, or cultural diversity?
- What unique skills, hobbies, or areas of expertise do you possess, and how can you leverage them to create a narrative that educates, entertains, or sheds light on a specific subject matter?
- Have there been moments of profound self-discovery or personal revelation in your life? How could you weave these moments into a narrative that explores themes of self-awareness, enlightenment, or transformation?
- Considering your travels and experiences in different environments, how might you craft a story that transports readers to diverse settings, exploring the intersections of culture, adventure, and personal discovery?
- What are your deepest fears or anxieties, and can you envision a story that uses these fears as thematic elements to build suspense, tension, or emotional resonance in a book?
- How have your professional experiences and career journey shaped your perspective on success, failure, or work-life balance, and how can these insights be woven into a narrative that resonates with a broader audience?
- Reflecting on moments of joy, fulfilment. or unexpected surprises in your life, how might you create a narrative that captures the essence of these positive experiences, offering inspiration or motivation to readers?
PDF Workbook Instructions
Download your PDF workbook and save it to your a folder you have created on your computer specifically for saving your ideas, so you can refer to it again and again.
This interactive PDF workbook provides a convenient platform for directly typing and organising your ideas.
Open the interactive PDF workbook in a PDF viewer and type your answers in.
You can print your PDF workbook out (be sure to select· scale size to fit your printer setting) and place them into your ideas binder
Open the interactive PDF workbook in a PDF viewer and type your answers in.