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New Ideas (or What-Ifs) This Week

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I have been writing like crazy this week...How on earth do you get all your ideas down if the days are not giving you enough time? That is my question. I was working on a story/novel that I have been working on for some time, I just was given the chance to have some brainstorming sessions where I was able to insert some interesting new what-ifs in this one. For instance...    -What if I were to delete the idea of magic and mythical creatures from my story, and used more realism in my storytelling? -What if by the end, the princess finds that she doesn't need the prince to save the day? (You really don't need a prince to fight a witch.) -What if, instead of dwarves, I used children...orphans instead? (Arguing for realism again.) -What if instead of this faultless, perfectly fair person, I give the princess some more realistic (and if you think about it innocent, since people can actually relate to that more) qualities? -Love is a great thing to add to a sto...