This might seem like a silly question: how do you know what you want to write? I could name aspects of things I've read but there's nothing concrete enough to say "yes, this is what i want to tell a story about".
7 Ways to Pick a Story and Start Writing
Any good idea, but especially when writing your first story, should be something that really matters to you.
You want to indulge all your fantasies and unlikely adventures, so you write about them as a self-insert character or a character type you idolize.
You have real-life personal issues you can't or don't know how to do anything about, so you give them to a character and help them get through them. This can be anything from a serious issue you live with to basic teen angst.
You care very much about a subject and want others to care too, so you write fiction or non-fiction about it in a compelling way that hopefully teaches people to appreciate it. The subject and message can be promoting a deep cause or simply be a love letter to something you enjoy.
You don't see enough stories or characters of a certain type written in a satisfying way or even at all, so you're going to try and amend that. Either there aren't enough stories about dragons written to your liking, or you're tired of seeing the same characters in every story and want someone else in the spotlight for a change.
You heard a story that was so dumb and the ending so wrong that you just know you could do better, so you take that idea and rewrite it. Many authors have done this, sometimes as parody but also seriously.
You're still too involved in another's story to think of your own right now but you're also very inspired to create, so you write about the world and characters that are currently on your mind
Crafting a story out of thin air may yet sound too daunting, so write about yourself and your experiences, or those of a close family member. Writing about yourself can lend to the "Therapy" aspect as well.
All of these boil down to "write the story you want to read." Because if you want it, you're more likely to actually write it. Many of these motivations can be combined into one story too. Any cool ideas you picked up from other stories or real life, find a way to incorporate them into something you care about.
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