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Where do you get ideas /lit/?

>> No.3681210

from reading, dimwit

>> No.3681216
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>>3681207

transcendental unity with the Sun.

>> No.3681233

>>3681210
But isn't that stealing?

>> No.3681261

>>3681233
everyone steals. you're not original. no one is, and no one ever was. you regurgitate ideas and add different regurgitated ideas on top of those and then call it an original idea.
blatant copy pasting a work and then claiming it your own, i.e. plagiarism, on the other hand, you should definitely avoid

>> No.3681287

>>3681233
Stealing is fine if you polish the old ideas a bit so they look like new and preferably combine them in a fresh way.

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>>3681261
>no one ever was

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>>3681261
>This much implying

>> No.3681330

>>3681207
Ideas come on a golden thread from the highest heaven
They pirouette down one at a time
When they enter the head there is a noise like brittle plastic rustling
And a frisson in the body's core

>> No.3681332

I'm a legitimate genius. I don't know how normal people do, however.

>> No.3681372

Ask what if?

>> No.3681398

from spirits

>> No.3681543

My environment.

>> No.3681614

In a black envelope in the mail, like every other successful author did. Didn't you know inspiration is actually a big conspiracy?

>> No.3681621

ruptures in the time-space fabric

>> No.3681665

>>3681207
I get my ideas from Swistokofniel a spirit of fire that possesses my radiator. At night, as I huddle against the cold he whispers into my ear. If I do not tell his stories he will refuse to warm my room, and I will freeze to death.

>> No.3681667

I suck them out of dicks. Lots of dicks.

>> No.3681681

>>3681207
Most of my ideas are just me sarcastically mocking other people's ideas.

>> No.3682042

Sleep Deprivation and walking around town chain smoking.

>> No.3682044

Who needs ideas when you have caffeine.

>> No.3682057

Sleep deprivation
Noise of rain via Rainy Mood
Ludovico Einaudi(Favorite) or any piano sonata

>> No.3682085

Richard Yates, caffeine and Bill Evans.

>> No.3682090

>>3681207
Bathroom and walks or just lounging about. Basically when not engaging in any form of interaction or media consumption. Cut off external stimulation long enough and your mind will go "well, guess I'll have to entertain myself" and there come the wonderfuls.

Another great one: Riding shotgun on a long drive and conversation stops in a pleasant, non-awkward way. Like when you're in the car with your father or something.

>> No.3682113

that father feel.

>> No.3682131

I get ideas mainly in two ways.

One, most naturally, is just walking around and I think of something funny or interesting in relation to what I'm experiencing/observing. Sometimes I think about how my situation would be different if I did something crazy or someone else did something crazy. Then I jot down a note or two about it to remind myself.

Second way, is that I read quite a bit on my kindle and whenever something (a description, idea, quote, reference) catches my eye, I highlight it. Then occasionally I go back to my saved highlights, pick one, and try to do a free write off of it to generate something fresh or new.

>> No.3682140

>>3682057
>Ludovico Einaudi(Favorite)
He is indeed based composer. Which reminds me, I'm seeing him on a thursday long away

>> No.3682178

>>3682057
>Ludovico Einaudi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yeIWne0iw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WYsgNwQz8A

I just saved you from mediocrity. No need to thank me.

>> No.3682207

>>3682178
>I know better than you

Of course, this being /lit/

>> No.3682222

>>3682207

tfw actual feel

>> No.3682237

>>3682178
while we're at it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFOHx4f42k

>> No.3682268

>>3682237
Great!
It makes me clap my jaw in satisfaction!

>> No.3682297

>>3681207
From my brain when it is well-supplied with nutrients and has gotten the right amount of rest, not too little, not too much. Also drugs.

>> No.3682313

>>3682237
>>3682178
>classical music

how does it feel being out of touch with the age you are living in?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOJOpbZHio

>> No.3682332

>>3682313
>classical music
> ten Holt
>Melnyk
>classical music
>classical

Oh lawd. I hear the sound of pianokeys, shit must be classical.
I'm not impressed.
Also, come back when you can into stoner.
Hardmode: Drone. (and realize its precursors)

>> No.3682339

>>3682332
post-Kyuss all stoner has sucked

>> No.3682384

Ideas are the easy part. If you wanted ideas you could start a thread on hear saying:"Guys, I need ideas for a novel, fantasy or horror" You'd get about half attempts at humorous mockery, and a few lame efforts to goad you into anger, or start an argument, but you'd probably also get a buttload of pretty good ideas. most of us have notebooks full of ideas. it's the execution that's the hard part.

>> No.3682454

Dreams?

>> No.3682463

>>3682313
>>3682339
death still rides a horse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5AzUXCFfo

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All you need

>> No.3682574

Other people. Where else?

>> No.3682618

Stare at the paper until you get something

>> No.3682724

A wizard