> i am considering writing a story, but seeing as how i have no imagination what soever, i cannot come up with a plot. it will probably be science fiction. does anybody have any helps for me on brainstorming or any ideas that might trigger my brain (i'm really terrible at stuff like this.) i really want to do this, but i really can't get started. please help me.
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> Mo(help!)llie

I don't know if this will help you, but this is how I've worked out the plot for a lot of my stories, and also for the novel(bare bones) that I've started working on.
This will probably sound pretty silly, but my best inspiration has come from dreams. I always keep pen and paper near the bed and I write them down as soon as I wake. I've created some of my best and most original stories this way, especially when I was writing at Uni. This was when I started keeping a regular journal, recording everything that I could about people, events, feelings, creative thoughts, etc. And I take it everywhere.
Trust your imagination. Everyone has one, it's like a muscle, some people have a well developed imagination, some need to give it a bit of exercise to build it up. But it is there.

ding"good luck"dong