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http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello there it's Peter here again from Writer's Life and today how to come up with new ideas for articles when you're a freelance writer coming up with new exciting and unusual topics for articles and blog posts can be tricky particularly if you're writing the same type of content each week keeping your article ideas fresh and interesting is so important and if you are pitching your ideas to magazines and other publications you need to stand out from the crowd and generate strong ideas or examine subjects from perspectives that haven't been seen or thought of before so how do you come up with fresh ideas that editors will just love here are some handy tips to help you first get out there good stories rarely simply fall into your lap you have to hunt for them just like everyone else keep your ear to the ground talk to people be interested in things you never know where a great story might present itself or what might inspire you so make sure you are ever looking and ever alert next getting down write down any ideas of notes as and when they come to you you don't have to turn every single one into a story and some of them might turn out to be duds but write everything down no matter how strange or silly or implausible it might seem revisiting it later you might suddenly have a Eureka moment and find yourself writing the most exciting story of your life and next get to know your readers once you've established which markets you are most interested in make sure that you do your research I know the kind of readers you are trying to engage if you're serious about your work you'll want to become familiar with your target audience read what they read enjoy what they enjoy question what they would question and come to understand what they want to read about next and next become an expert if you can become an expert and all authority on a particular subject you will uncover more and more about a subject that will give you new ideas for writing you'll also become the person that people turn to for knowledge and insight if you have a passion followers learn everything you can about it and then write insightful and useful content about that you know other people with an interest in the subject will want to know more about be opinionated if you have strong opinions about something then let them be heard particularly if you think that your way of looking at something goes against the grain people want to be challenged to hear different sides of the story and if you can write intelligently and intellectually while putting your opinion across you may very well see it in print next read read everything you can get your hands on beat industry blogs websites or niche magazines of publications go to talks and lectures listen to podcasts broaden your horizons and expand your knowledge in every way you can the more interesting and diverse your interests are the more ideas you're likely to come up with next use special dates what holidays or anniversaries are coming up relevant timely coverage of events taking place are always going to be welcomed by edit the game tried to pitch your idea so you are demonstrating how your story will be unique rather than rehashing the same old news check out the archives stories from the past can be fun testing and helping us write new ones looking at the archives of forgotten stories from yesteryear can help inspire you to think of all the different types that are out there you could even rewrite them or follow up on them in a new and exciting way and our final team and look inside yourself everybody has stories to tell think about the things that you have achieved your hopes dreams and fears use your own life to come up with great stories and then share them with the world keeping your ideas coming and you're writing fresh is challenging for any writer these tips should help you to start thinking more broadly about where to find inspiration and providing you have a passion for what you do and a commitment to keep on writing those ideas will just keep on coming now don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to like this video and subscribe to our channel for more and I'll see you next time
