Where do ideas come from

One of the first behind the scenes of my writing process is understanding where I get my ideas and the story from. First off most of my stories are based off of things I encounter in life, think about, or even something that has happened to someone. Or even taking something and changing it around then making it somewhat better at least I think so.

A good example of this last part is The Surviors. Although I didn't think up the idea it belongs to my friend Steven. What he did was take parts of Resident Evil and combinded it with a modern day life of Phoenix, instead of Raccoon City or any other settings from the game series. So in surviors you might see character names or monsters from Resident Evil but that doesn't mean they are the same.

A good example of a story/idea I came up with something that i had encountered is the story of Love Twist. At the least the first part of the story. Likeing someone but not knowing if that person likes you, only to find out someone you may not like, likes you in return. That is the basis of Love Twist at least the first part.

A good idea of me thinking and coming up with a story idea occured to me one day at my work. What if Y2K had happened or what if it still happened one of these days. How would people live, how would they react, or what would people do.

The same thing of any of the above examples like the Survior example, Love Twist, and even the Y2K story, come from the various ways I come up with story ideas and the story.