Inspire Me

Elspode · 03-15-2016, 06:04 PM

I tend to write about things that either slap me upside the head out of nowhere, or things that other people have opinions about, and subsequently solicit my opinion thereof.

I've done shit for writing anything lately, even self serving, masturbatory self gratifying writing.

Someone...anyone...throw me a suggestion...the gears are kinda bound up, ruined by the near instant gratification of Facebook.

I need something to write about. Not a novel. Not a paragraph. But a worthy topic.

Fuck...even asking this is narcissistic as Hell, isn't it?

lumberjim · 03-15-2016, 06:49 PM

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-writing/?_r=0

here's 500 ideas

lumberjim · 03-15-2016, 06:50 PM

write about the thing you feel the guiltiest about doing.

lumberjim · 03-15-2016, 06:52 PM

what is the most important element of a song? The hook? the lyrics? the bass line? the drums? the composition, arrangement, structure? The melody?

monster · 03-15-2016, 06:54 PM

write about whom/what a person should not be able to marry

Gravdigr · 03-16-2016, 11:12 AM

A parent allowing their child to become their own adult self, would be an expoundable topic.

It's something you've done, and know, no?

Undertoad · 03-16-2016, 11:22 AM

Inspiration or motivation?

I find a lot of things inspirational (what a great song! maybe someday I could write just a *good* song?) but can never find the motivation (that's a lot of work, and a lot of skills to gain, for no money, and nobody will give a shit, so why bother).

limey · 03-16-2016, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Inspiration or motivation?

I find a lot of things inspirational (what a great song! maybe someday I could write just a *good* song?) but can never find the motivation (that's a lot of work, and a lot of skills to gain, for no money, and nobody will give a shit, so why bother).

That right there is just plain wrong, and you know it. You will give a shit. And your friends will give a shit (if you let them).
Whether that's motivation enough or not, I cannot say ...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2016, 05:31 PM

The motivation is avoiding the tearing your hair out while wailing why didn't I do it sooner.

Sundae · 03-17-2016, 06:25 AM

Sorry, I'm all about the fiction.
I want to write about the way a child sees the world in dangerous, threatening and unreal terms.
So the slanting light through the shutters makes tigers on the floor, Daddy's dressing gown with a dragon on the back is a real dragon, the noise the water makes as the tub empties is a voice calling children to come down into the drain (a personal childhood fear - one which I'm sure inspired Stephen King).

Write about Donald Trump.
He's enough to scare an adult or a child.
Write about how America as it exists now was built on immigration and this man seems to want to freeze it the way it is now, because immigration apparently no longer works.
Ask why he wants to make America great "again", as if it's not great already. And if you think it isn't, write about why.

Yeah, that's politics. But hey - you didn't specify. And politics is personal opinion writ large.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-18-2016, 12:44 AM

Read this and run with it.

Gravdigr · 03-18-2016, 02:37 PM

Weed. Mary Jane. Grass. Marijahootchie. Reefer. Herb. The Mean Green. Marijuana.

monster · 03-18-2016, 05:06 PM

UT nailed it imo. Motivation is lacking. This thread was just procrastination and a way of passing the buck.

Elspode · 03-19-2016, 01:47 AM

Wow. That is an *amazing* amount of awesome ideas.

Now...how to pick one?

Fuck. I may now have a bigger dilemma than I had before I asked.

monster · 03-19-2016, 05:30 AM

Procrastination....

03-15-2016, 06:04 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Inspire Me I tend to write about things that either slap me upside the head out of nowhere, or things that other people have opinions about, and subsequently solicit my opinion thereof. I've done shit for writing anything lately, even self serving, masturbatory self gratifying writing. Someone...anyone...throw me a suggestion...the gears are kinda bound up, ruined by the near instant gratification of Facebook. I need something to write about. Not a novel. Not a paragraph. But a worthy topic. Fuck...even asking this is narcissistic as Hell, isn't it? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-15-2016, 06:49 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-writing/?_r=0 here's 500 ideas __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-15-2016, 06:50 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	write about the thing you feel the guiltiest about doing. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-15-2016, 06:52 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what is the most important element of a song? The hook? the lyrics? the bass line? the drums? the composition, arrangement, structure? The melody? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-15-2016, 06:54 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	write about whom/what a person should not be able to marry __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-16-2016, 11:12 AM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	A parent allowing their child to become their own adult self, would be an expoundable topic. It's something you've done, and know, no? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-16-2016, 11:22 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Inspiration or motivation? I find a lot of things inspirational (what a great song! maybe someday I could write just a good song?) but can never find the motivation (that's a lot of work, and a lot of skills to gain, for no money, and nobody will give a shit, so why bother).

03-16-2016, 05:31 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The motivation is avoiding the tearing your hair out while wailing why didn't I do it sooner. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-17-2016, 06:25 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry, I'm all about the fiction. I want to write about the way a child sees the world in dangerous, threatening and unreal terms. So the slanting light through the shutters makes tigers on the floor, Daddy's dressing gown with a dragon on the back is a real dragon, the noise the water makes as the tub empties is a voice calling children to come down into the drain (a personal childhood fear - one which I'm sure inspired Stephen King). Write about Donald Trump. He's enough to scare an adult or a child. Write about how America as it exists now was built on immigration and this man seems to want to freeze it the way it is now, because immigration apparently no longer works. Ask why he wants to make America great "again", as if it's not great already. And if you think it isn't, write about why. Yeah, that's politics. But hey - you didn't specify. And politics is personal opinion writ large. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-18-2016, 12:44 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Read this and run with it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-18-2016, 02:37 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Weed. Mary Jane. Grass. Marijahootchie. Reefer. Herb. The Mean Green. Marijuana. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-18-2016, 05:06 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	UT nailed it imo. Motivation is lacking. This thread was just procrastination and a way of passing the buck. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-19-2016, 01:47 AM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Wow. That is an amazing amount of awesome ideas. Now...how to pick one? Fuck. I may now have a bigger dilemma than I had before I asked. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-19-2016, 05:30 AM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Procrastination.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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