I usually get my best ideas when I'm trying to sleep. I just can't shut off my brain and stop thinking, so I lie awake and think of nonsense, and occasionally get a good idea.
Look at the works of others, but most of the time it's just really looking at my surroundings, be it the vast open country side, or blocks upon blocks of skyscrapers.
I usually get my best ideas when I'm trying to sleep. I just can't shut off my brain and stop thinking, so I lie awake and think of nonsense, and occasionally get a good idea.
When I'm trying to write something for one of the Poetry contests, or maybe something in my thread (something I haven't done in forever), I just sit at my computer and stare blankly while I think of something.
Yeah, I know, probably not the best thing to do, but it usually gets the job done. But it doesn't earn me first place. Or any place for that matter. Maybe I should look somewhere else..
I go hiking or anywhere nature is around and not noisy cars or people
Likewise, though it really depends on where my feet end up taking me.
For me, it's the physical exercise part that gets my mind into another plane and mode of thinking, so I don't worry whether it's on the streets with all the noise of vehicles, dogs and people, or in the bush and back to nature.
The latter is definitely preferred, but the former suffices if the exercise is intensive enough.
I search the Equestria Daily YouTube archive for pony stuff. After about half an hour, I start drawing pictures of Pinkie Pie. An hour later, I show it to my friends so they can be ashamed of me. What has my life become.
My inspiration comes from my own life. A lot of my story characters come from me and my brothers and a lot of my themes come from events that have happened to us.
I find inspiration everywhere. I find inspiration in the store, at home, in nature, in my family, in my friends, when I'm alone. I find inspiration best when I'm not thinking about a story. My best stories came from times like that.
