i love writing. its what saved me in high school. it kept me going and kept me trying. im a detail nerd and tend to "over" detail things. i love using metaphors and similies, all that jazz. id love to be a writer, preferablly "specializing" in the early teen (tween?) genre. i also write fanfiction for kingdom hearts with a co-authoress.
i (we) usually get ideas from something we heard somewhere, or maybe a favorite period in history. we sometimes have funny things happen to us in "daily life" that we laugh about and go "hey, we should put that somewhere in the "such-in-such" story", and what not. i usually take a favorite subject and run with it, such as, i really adore faeries, and so i have created a fairy with interesting perks and happenings in his life for an on-going tween series. it'll do the typical "teach a lesson, but keep a low profile about it" thing. somethings we have used in stories for "basis ideas" are:
-mermen/mermaids
-ancient egypt/ goddess bast(bastet)/cats
-pregnancy/childbirth/raising children
-blindness/retinal detatchment
-story about "life"
-drama department/beauty and the beast
-poison/betrayal
the best way that i can suggest to get ideas is to keep all your senses open. there is nothing right or wrong to write about, its freedom of expression so dont let insecurities and butterflies get in your way. another way i get myself writing, is by taking a "word" or "phrase" challenge where youre given a list of words or phrases to use in a short story or to inspire a short story. i have composed one myself and can post it here if you like.
keep trying, keep dreaming. nothing can stop you from telling your story.