How to Get More Ideas

If you struggle finding ideas you want to write, some of the problems I have seen are:

You just haven't trained yourself to look for story ideas. Start keeping a notebook with you at all times and write down every idea you ever get.

You keep pushing away the ideas that are already coming at you because they aren't “good enough.” An idea itself is never going to be good enough. Get over it and write it anyway. It gets better when it is actually turned into a story. Better still after multiple revisions.

You are doing things that are chasing away your muse on a regular basis. For me, these things are negative thoughts about myself and negative thoughts about authors who have been successful who I am envious of. Also bad for the muse is pressure to write like someone else instead of like me. And worst of all, sharing a story before it's ready to be shared with the wrong person.