See, it's a joke. Because this post is about ideas. See? See?? I am so funny. Where do writers get their ideas? It's a common question, more common than it should be. Many people think ideas are reserved for a certain type of creative mind; more specifically, one that is not theirs. I know, because I used to believe that too. A bit about my writing: I've got a play published, and have (as of- what time is it?) four others all but done, pending the workshopping process. And I've started a fifth. These five other plays have all been written this year. It's only the end of May.. :D. Before this, I spent a lot of time working on a radio show (here), still a work in progress, and corresponding novelisation thereof (here), also a work in progress. Many short scripts, unfinished ideas, even a few songs here and there. And whatever else pops into my head. Beware the creative process, my son! I used to never get ideas. Never. I'd hear so many other writers say they had a ton of ideas- where, I wondered, were mine? Turns out, they were biding their time... All I did was start writing. I swear, that's all I did! One little idea; which is now my currently published script. It wasn't even my own inspiration (the idea was, but that's a different thing). Wrote it, edited it, completed it. Done now, right? Ha! I wrote this five years ago. My brain has not shut off since. It seems, all you have to do to get ideas for something to write, is to write. Now, anything can set me off and running. Usually, I find the title first. Then, I figure out what it's about (could be anything; one of my latest was inspired by the brand name of someone's camper I saw while driving to Michigan).I've got a whole long list, half of which I'll probably never get to; I've actually set aside an entire notebook (the pen and paper kind) to flesh these things out. Never thought I'd be here. If you never get ideas; if you cry vast pools of self-pitying tears because you feel you'll just never be able to have any, not ever, no, never: try writing. Just write. Write anything. And look around you; you never know what's there waiting for you to find.
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