Inspiration, Ideas and Writers Block

[Dark Sage]

Brainstorming.

I write Yu-Gi-Oh fiction. A lot of ideas come out of me when I go around the net, looking at websites where there's information on the cards and the anime. I look at these hundreds of cards, and eventually, an idea pops up.

I have another way of getting ideas: I keep a logbook. Every time I think of something interesting, I write it down. I've gotten more than one good idea like this. Big ideas often come out of small ideas. Did you know that the Harry Potter books came out of notes that J.K. Rowling wrote down on napkins while she was drinking (and often drunk) in British coffee houses? Never overlook a small idea, because it can turn into something big.

[Chris 2.1]

Umm well my two upcoming fics revolved around myself posing questions. I do it a lot in bed at night; I just think.

What if I was in Hoenn? Spiders are scary enough in the Uk and they're the size of a small coin. Would the sight of a mere spinarak drive me crazy? I think it would. What about a creature weilding fire, lightening, ice?? Or the idea of people fighting with these wild animals.

That stemmed the iea to write Telepathic, Beautiful Creature; it's in the process of being written and it's about a girl who finds herself in a world where Pokemon exist. I just thought it would be really amazing to view the pokemon world so differently.

My upcoming contest fic is also centered about that; mainly, because contest fics are rare, and secondly, it's about someone who is undertaking a quest for all the wrong reasons. His heart does not lie in what he does, and that seemed like a cool concept. I guss if you just always think of what hasn't been done, or how the inconcievable could possibly work, you're onto a winner.

[PancaKe]

Did you know that the Harry Potter books came out of notes that J.K. Rowling wrote down on napkins while she was drinking (and often drunk) in British coffee houses? .

How does one get drunk in a coffee house?

[Dark Sage]

In Great Britain, there's not much difference between "pub" and "coffee house".

[PancaKe]

That makes a lot of sense now! Cos I work at Gloria Jeans Coffee house, and I was so baffled as to why Gloria Jeans was suddenly selling alcoholic beverages

[Dark Sage]

Rowling frequented a lot of actual pubs as well. By the time Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was accepted for publication, her addiction had cost her almost everything. The fact of the matter is, she is the likely the most successful - and luckiest - recovering alchoholic who ever lived.

[Chris 2.1]

In Great Britain, there's not much difference between "pub" and "coffee house".

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. People don't get tanked up on coffee houses over here, trust me.