Can anybody give me a list of effects so I can get started none come to mind at this moment
If you're struggling to even think of an 'effect' you're going to really struggle!
Okay. Another tip is two take tricks and morph them together like triumph and sandwich or something like that
Meh, this is an ok suggestion, but the combo has to make sense. Very often this just results in a slightly confusing mess where the resulting combo lacks the clarity of the original two tricks. Clarity should always be an aim.
For what it's worth, my 'tips' would be as follows:
1. If you've only just started, don't worry about creating. You need the foundation first. It's like buying your first guitar and expecting to write a good song the next day. I've been into magic twenty years and I only 'created' my first half decent effect about 3 years ago. Point is don't be in a rush and don't try to force it.
2. Get a good foundation. This is key. And it doesn't mean watch everything on MagicStream! Buy the books (Hugard, Scarne, Lorayne, all the usual suspects) and study them for a while. Learn everything. Then you'll have a broad enough knowledge of magic to start tinkering with ideas. If you've only got 10 Ellusionist downloads then that's not a great pool of knowledge to pull from. Without jumping to the conclusions I am going to suggest this is what you need to do, given your struggling with even recalling and effects to work on.
3. Nobody ever suggests this but I think it is quite important: At some point you need to stop with the 'input' and just let your brain do some work. In other words, let yourself be 'bored' and let your mind wonder. We live in a world where it is so easy to constantly consume in hope of finding inspiration, but sometimes you just to need actually let your brain do some thinking. Case in point: my latest video
(here) is of a routine I came up with whilst staring out the window on a very slow bus journey. My mind had nothing else to think about so wondered onto card magic and that is what I came up with, with very little 'forcing' on my part.
4. Don't think new 'methods' is the only way you can be creative. Sometimes taking an existing method and changing the presentation can yield an entirely new routine in the eyes of an audience, and even in the eyes of some magicians. As an example, my routine 'Roy(al) Walton'
(here) is basically Roy Walton's 'Oil and Queens', with very slight handling tweaks at the start, but a
massive change in presentation. This changes the routine from an Oil and Water routine to a faux Gambling Demo, which also had the added benefit of allowing the trick to end clean. Nothing new in terms of methods, but a significantly different routine from the original.
Just my two cents. Like I've said, I've been around while but only been in the 'creating' game the last five or so years. In that time though, I've published and ebook and hand numerous items published in magazines, so some of what I am doing must be working!
Good Luck and don't forget to have fun!
Rev