Ever looked in the story ideas thread? Its the only sticky topic in the Preproduction thread.

Brickfilmer a decade ago, now looking to relive the glory days

I get most of my ideas in school.                    no joke, all my videos come to me during the very first class (history), and i just ignore the teacher and right down a basic idea for my story, lol. though i wonder why it's my best class... Anyways, look at my video i'm making. It's called the first thanksgiving. and if you read about it here, you can see that it is some-what true to what actually happened. geuss where i got the idea for that video? history class- when we were learning how the separatists (pilgrims) had the first thanksgiving.
  So i sorta am thankful for having school. it gives me time to think- unlike my house where i'm all fussed up with animating, scripting, homework, and chores. school is like a vacation.
  So all you have to do is find a spot that fits you. it could bee a store, and yout inspiration could be the jelly. It could be a zoo, and your inspiration could be a pile of monkey dung.
   so this is how i come up with ideas, and i hope it helped you. Once you have found your spot, don't mind telling me about it because i'd love to hear all the strange and extraordinary spots where animators get their ideas.
- emayesoen

If you've got time to spare read a book about making short films.:P
Anyone planning to comment on what i just said should read the first part!!

Go on the internet and search "Short story" then find a good site and read a few. Also, read a lot of books, and aim for the classics. Those are idea fuel.

Hot showers are always good for thinking up stories, or really even just thinking generally. It's actually scientifically proven. Something about the supply of oxygen to your brain or whatever.
Anyway, one other thing would be to ask yourself "what don't I ever see in a brickfilm"? That's how I got the idea for [shameless plug]The Great Outdoors[/shameless plug]. I just thought about how you never see brickfilms made outdoors nowadays.

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Yeah, I do that too!!

I'm even writing a 13 episode series of one of my characters!!