Favorite or preferred thinking places for ideas
By cooldrdate
@cooldrdate (323)
United States
November 12, 2006 1:35am CST
What's your favorite or preferred thinking place... the place where you get hit with that bolt of inspiration for that unique idea :) ?
I tend to come up with new ideas in the shower or when I am in bed.. I have on a few occasions woken up, written down the idea and then gone back to sleep..
Where do you get your ideas ?
11 responses
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
12 Nov 06
I always get my best story inspirations when I have no paper or pencil around. It could be in the shower or bathroom or while I'm laying in bed half asleep. I never get ideas when I am sitting at the computer ready to write, lol. Like right now--I am supposed to be working on a 50k word novel for a challenge. I have about 4,000 words but already I am getting stuck and side tracked. Earlier I had so many good ideas while I was laying in bed. They have all disappeared since then.
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@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
12 Nov 06
That has happened to me often too.. I have as a result kept paper and pens all over my place and at work too.. so that I have some way of jotting the idea(s) down. I have come to realize that ideas tend to spring up when the mind is not focussed on a particular task.. so if I want ideas, I free up my mind :o)
@4monsters4me (2569)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Just this afternoon I was thinking I should keep a pad of paper and pencil in the bathroom so when I lock myself in there (which happens a lot because it is the only door that locks in the house so I go there for peace from the kids) I can jot down my ideas. The kids will probably just steal it or use the pencil to write all over the walls.
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Are you doing Nano also? I have about 6k right now, but I am stuck, so I am doing myLot today, taking a break. Good luck with the novel.
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
27 Nov 06
Do you get up and jot down the idea :) ? I have started to keep a notebook near by bed to do just that.. because very often I have noticed that I forget what the idea was later on...
I guess the dark place helps you to calm down a bit and focus your mind from all the distractions!!
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Favorite thinking place is in my room with all noise turned off and then I go into my quiet place of my heart..where I can be alone with my thoughts and my Lord God..who always knows how to arrange my thoughts in a much better way then they were before I started thinking;)+
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
13 Nov 06
A simple yet profound answer !! :) +
Thank you for sharing !!
@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Mine is without a doubt, when I am trying to go to sleep in bed at night. It seems like that is when my mind wakes up and says, "Blah...Blah..Blah..Blah..." No matter how hard I try to close it down, that is when my best ideas, story ideas, plotting answers come to me. It never fails. Then I end up not being able to shut my brain off, so I get up.
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
16 Nov 06
I can totally understand that :) So.. when you get up, do you write down your ideas? Might be a good idea to have a pen and paper next to the bed.
Thank you for sharing :)
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
23 Nov 06
Interesting indeed... The sound of the ocean is calming for you..what that is doing is helping you relax ... thereby freeing up your mind. When the mind is free of most thoughts.. you are in that zone where ideas hit you :) Have you acted on any of those ideas ? :)
@TrainsR4Me (231)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Strange enough, my best ideas come from the bathroom and I don't mean showering. I get great ideas when doing 'business.'
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@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
13 Nov 06
The generic trend seems to be either while lying in bed.. or when in the bathroom :) whatever the activity might be in the bathroom :P
I think that this suggests our brain comes up with ideas when not focussed on any particular activity ? or is it that the brain is most fertile close to sleeping time.. the bathroom is usually the first place we go to in the morning..
Interesting trend in the discussion so far :)
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
12 Nov 06
Interesting ! Two of my favorite places too :) I wonder how many others are going to come with similar places..
@sirensanssmile (3764)
• Netherlands
13 Nov 06
When I stay up late after not having slept very much the night before. I can then be anywhere and have those ideas hit me. It is brilliant.
@cooldrdate (323)
• United States
29 Nov 06
Lack of sleep makes it very difficult for the mind to focus on a particular task.. and what I have started to see as a trend in the replies here is that when the mind is free of worries, it is able to come up with ideas.. Being some place helps :) but if one has had no sleep for a long enough time.. then the mind is too tired to be focussing on something particular, thereby making the need for a specific place moot :)
Thank you for sharing !! Interesting perspective that gave :)
