Coming up with ideas for your story can be hard. Here’s one way you can come up with ideas for your novel or short story by putting your audience first.

The most common question I get when people find out I’m an author is “Where do you get your ideas from?” and it’s a hard question to answer because it’s never been a problem for me.

But if you’re struggling for a way to come up with ideas you can turn into stories for your fiction writing then you could try my suggestion in this video.

To help with researching your audience (rather than just thinking about genre) I have created this free sheet for you to download and complete:

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