# How to Tell Stories:

Let's be honest with each other. The blank page is not just a sheet – it is an existential nightmare that stares directly into your soul. It is the brutal reminder of all the stories that will never be told, all the words that will never be written, all the characters that will never breathe.

I know how it feels. The damned blank page. The white wasteland of possibilities that paradoxically feels as limited as a prison built of expectations and self-doubt.

The myth of the perfect idea

Here is the truth – no stories come pre-packaged like a perfect gift from the universe's creative goddesses. Stories are not something that suddenly falls from the sky like an illuminated manuscript. They are living organisms that grow slowly, almost imperceptibly, just like the emotions you didn't even know you had until they exploded inside you.

Brainstorming: The Art of Going Astray

1. The List Method: Follow the Wild Emotions

Imagine that every list you create is a mapping of your inner landscape. Don't think rationally. Think emotionally. Think eccentric.

- List of Emotions:

Write down everything that makes your heart race faster than a teenager's first crush. What makes you cry in the middle of the day? What makes you laugh when no one else is watching? Your most bizarre feelings are gold mines for stories.

- Memory list:

Not just write down memories. Dissect them. Every memory is an untold story, every little detail a potential plot twist. Do you remember the smell of grandmother's kitchen? The feeling of the first disappointment? The small moments that seem insignificant, but actually shape your entire life?

- Dream List:

I'm not just talking about the dreams of the night. I am talking about the wild, boundless dreams that live in your heart. Those dreams that make people call you a fool, but which are really your inner worlds.

2. The Question Technique: Reality is Just a Suggestion

Now the fun part begins. Ask an absurd question at each point on your lists. Let it be a question that tears down all rational barriers:

"What if the…….?"

How would………..?

"What if your............?"

Write Without Censorship, Love Without Filters

The first draft is not a novel. It is a bloody, raw confession. Write an answer to each question with at least 300 words. Let the words flow like unfiltered emotional mass. Be brutal. Be vulnerable. Be honest in the way that only children and elderly people can.

Practical tips for the misfit dreamers

- **Idea Log**: Always have something to write on. A piece of paper. A phone. The back of a McDonald's receipt. Fang dem, før de rømmer. Save all your lists, questions, and the answers to them.

- **You can also be an Observer**: Humans are the strangest creatures. Observe them like an anthropologist studying a foreign civilization.

- **Experiment**: Some stories start with a dialogue so sharp it could cut glass. Others start with a description so sensitive that it makes stones cry.

The ultimate secret

Perfection is a myth. A construct created to paralyze your creativity. Stories are not about being perfect. They are about being honest. About daring.

Every author you admire has sat exactly where you are sitting now. Confused. Scared. Full of doubt. But still – still writing.

So start. Now. At this moment. Let the story grow wild, unrestrained, completely imperfect – just like life itself.