It’s the age old question that every creative person gets
asked. They all say, “oh that’s an
awesome idea... where did it come from?
Where do you come up with these great ideas?” Then, after you (well, at least me) shrug and
say something stupid like, “my imagination?” and they nod and smile at you
while thinking “Duh, idiot.” You begin
to wonder: Where do I come up with these ideas?
Well...
The bathroom.
No, seriously.
Whether I’m doing my hair or singing in the shower I always find some of
my most interesting plot twists and ideas come to me in the bathroom. For instance, I was in the shower the other
day singing and thinking about where I’m at with my current work and a really
awesome twist came to mind. So, I
finished up my shower while belting out some Michael Buble (much to the dismay
of my neighbors) and dried off before rushing to my computer in only a towel to
bang out my ideas.
Another place I find some really good ideas? In bed.
And again, I’m being completely honest.
After I’ve crawled into bed and I’m ready to fall asleep I
often find myself unable to just close my eyes and drift off so, I get my
dreams rolling by making up a story and living it before I drift off into
sleeping bliss. It’s really fun and some
of the stories/lives I put myself in are so good I wish they were really
mine. Like the number of times I have
been a pro football player’s husband helping him come out of the closet or a
famous singer winning more Grammy’s than Adele.
It is just so much fun! The bad
part is that when I’m in bed I drift off before I get a chance to run over to
my computer and type anything out.
Ok, so you know the places now but what about the
stories? Where do those come from? That’s easy:
My imagination.
;)
~Nick~
