i am having a proplem in the moment with coming up with ideas for scripts and i am hopping that people can list things that they do to over come this problem, like list everything that comes to mind (that is not working in the moment though). I would be so happy if you guys did that for me.

thankyou

see things in your own way

hahaha, good advice kyle. (no joke, it's funny yet it's just good advice).

If I were you, I'd take a break from it, maybe 1-3 days without even writing anything in it. Also pay attention to your thoughts at night, a lot of people experience creative and imaginative thoughts before they go to sleep (read some science article about this - it had something to do with Carl Jung's idea of the collective unconscious). So jot down those ideas before you go to bed and, then, like Kyle said, look at them in your own way, as unbiased and as uninfluenced by other ideas as possible. Good luck Elf Mistress.

maybe you're not a writer. just go shoot images and edit them into a story, maybe that will give you the basic idea to show a writer.

acid

haha. yes.

look at the world around you, when you see something funny or interesting, or cool, write it down, then look over what you have and try developing a plot from something there.

i find when i try to come up with an idea for a movie, a majority of them are pure garbage. the best way, for me, which might not be the way u want to hear, is to not think about it. it may take a month. but itll be worth it because ull have something that wasnt forced. itll come to.

i usually get my ideas right before i fall asleep. because my mind is clear

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Originally posted by alex c:
i find when i try to come up with an idea for a movie, a majority of them are pure garbage. the best way, for me, which might not be the way u want to hear, is to not think about it. it may take a month. but itll be worth it because ull have something that wasnt forced. itll come to.

i usually get my ideas right before i fall asleep. because my mind is clear

Yeah, I normally get my ideas that way too.

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I get a lot of ideas while listening to music. I won't be thinking about writing a scene or anything but then I'll think of something that would go well with the music. I've actually gotten a lot of ideas that way. The only problem is that 90% of the music I listen to is under stict copyright and I can't actually use it. But I still got an idea for a cool scene or two which I can either develop into a story or fit into another script.