I need to narrow down my ideas.

[ChewysElectric]

Hello!

I'm in dire need of help with something involving story writing.

You see, I've got plenty of ideas in my head for a story to write. I have the basic theme in my head and everything, the problem is the details. There are so many different ideas and possibilities for the details that I just can't narrow them down.

Does anyone have any tricks they use to narrowing down ideas for novels and short stories?

 

[H a r r i e t]

Well if you have everything but the details sorted, you could always write your ideas down and see what flows together nicely.

 

[Nihilistic_Impact]

Merge similar ones together.

That's what I typically do when I have too many thoughts, I start looking for similarities. And because I've usually put a bit of thought into each individual concept I usually end up with a lot more of a finished product when done.