tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post4032467957320944371..comments2024-02-27T07:05:52.851-05:00Comments on Beth Revis: Inspiration in Life and AnonymityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-32458385418074629482010-05-03T15:02:56.098-04:002010-05-03T15:02:56.098-04:00Hi, as others have said before me, Great Post. Yo...Hi, as others have said before me, Great Post. You never know where an idea will come from. Lately, mine have come from my dreams. If only there was a device to actually record the visual representations of our dreams...well...the ones we want to remember, it'd be great.<br /><br />Victor.Victor M. Powellhttp://vikpowell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-56328960695397936302010-04-30T13:04:55.483-04:002010-04-30T13:04:55.483-04:00As all writers, I get my ideas from everywhere. In...As all writers, I get my ideas from everywhere. In the grocery store eavesdropping and from my own dreams. If I don't write them down, they usually disappear. Luckily I keep a notebook in the top drawer of the bedside table and another in my purse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-9238558449077713972010-04-29T23:40:59.462-04:002010-04-29T23:40:59.462-04:00Life and dreams - of course, what I read affects m...Life and dreams - of course, what I read affects my dreams.Myrna Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534358757278599925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-51226795464823290052010-04-29T23:04:13.667-04:002010-04-29T23:04:13.667-04:00I wish I had some sort of Idea Bank I could just g...I <i>wish</i> I had some sort of Idea Bank I could just go to for ideas. I think writer's are just able to look at the world differently, to think up questions and then answer them with their own imaginations.Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-26740603652663799992010-04-29T19:20:49.341-04:002010-04-29T19:20:49.341-04:00I'm like you - my ideas just pop up by pimples...I'm like you - my ideas just pop up by pimples (great analogy btw!). Love the video too.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-16858216005373715772010-04-29T18:33:52.271-04:002010-04-29T18:33:52.271-04:00Love the video, and great post! Even the most outr...Love the video, and great post! Even the most outrageous ideas can come from things around you. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-16452677278579234032010-04-29T17:41:11.287-04:002010-04-29T17:41:11.287-04:00Like you, I try to experience new places and new t...Like you, I try to experience new places and new things.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-59734623048625477782010-04-29T16:58:36.287-04:002010-04-29T16:58:36.287-04:00Neat video!
I like people watching and wondering w...Neat video!<br />I like people watching and wondering what their story is.<br />Ideas are everywhere.Kelly Polarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968381456100611120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-61840456536703407582010-04-29T16:24:46.644-04:002010-04-29T16:24:46.644-04:00I just tell the Muse part of my brain that I need ...I just tell the Muse part of my brain that I need an idea and whoops she comes with at least three non related ones. Sometimes even more. I can have my pick (I can even merge ideas which is great fun). I think I get along well with my Muse-Me - but I often wonder if people believe me crazy because I argue with myself about invisible people and stories of world domination, murder or kidnapping.<br /><br />Well, as my Mum says, "It's a happy writers life."Katharina Gerlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223722392075669331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-86008135885969656802010-04-29T16:19:06.426-04:002010-04-29T16:19:06.426-04:00Lovely video. Thanks for sharing.
I find my ideas...Lovely video. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />I find my ideas in newspapers, books, life, but I develop them when I'm walking.MC Rogersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735238884673302488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-18401433279668860342010-04-29T15:36:49.503-04:002010-04-29T15:36:49.503-04:00Wow ... this very topic - idea generation - was a ...Wow ... this very topic - idea generation - was a big piece of a presentation I just did this morning at a Young Authors event!<br />Great post!Kelly H-Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324529762031928328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-66064308829523464632010-04-29T14:05:29.652-04:002010-04-29T14:05:29.652-04:00Dude, Beth, I'm with you. They're just the...Dude, Beth, I'm with you. They're just there. Sometimes I'm inspired by a stupid commercial. Or the fact that I have to wait for a train. I think, "Oh! Holy crap! That's how I'm going to get them from A to Z!" <br /><br />I don't want you to think I don't have to work for my ideas. I do. But I don't just sit and think about them. They come in weird places while I'm doing weird things.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-27269591809040381232010-04-29T13:51:53.293-04:002010-04-29T13:51:53.293-04:00My ideas sort of pop up like pimples too, and ther...My ideas sort of pop up like pimples too, and there's a little fairy sprinkling dust over my head sometimes. :)About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011023963327391019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-90422481450860916492010-04-29T13:13:06.577-04:002010-04-29T13:13:06.577-04:00I would have to say life as well. From my jobs, tr...I would have to say life as well. From my jobs, travel, tv (non-fiction), interacting with all kinds of people, etc. The ideas come from everywhere. I had 4 new ones in the last two days. Which reminds me, if I don't get back to work on my WIP, no one will get to see it. ;-)<br /><br />Thanks for posting this.Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-86175976736723389252010-04-29T13:12:37.709-04:002010-04-29T13:12:37.709-04:00Great question Beth. My inspirations always seem t...Great question Beth. My inspirations always seem to come to me just before bed for some reason.<br /><br />Oh wait, that's when they come.<br /><br />As far as where they come from - i don't know - the aether I guess, or the void, or deep space, or the 10th dimension, or the shadow world, or the world of light ... obviously I don't know, but I will say that the best ideas seem to come through us, rather than from us.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-67359145845413534052010-04-29T12:56:57.936-04:002010-04-29T12:56:57.936-04:00If this video makes me cry at work you are so in t...If this video makes me cry at work you are so in trouble.JEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043891292719086478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-9030806340978909762010-04-29T12:55:28.205-04:002010-04-29T12:55:28.205-04:00I think living life, and asking what if are the be...I think living life, and asking what if are the best possible ways to get ideas. <br /><br />Just plain writing, BIC helps me the most though.Crystal Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665844725894074136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-17495333817924055922010-04-29T11:52:48.048-04:002010-04-29T11:52:48.048-04:00Like what most others have been saying here, ideas...Like what most others have been saying here, ideas are *everywhere*. :) You could write a story that was sparked by an iron sitting on a table. :) <br /><br />The hard part is taking that idea and crafting it into a believeable story with real and complex characters.Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-11595654681666954342010-04-29T11:24:45.071-04:002010-04-29T11:24:45.071-04:00I get my ideas from everywhere...life, dreams, etc...I get my ideas from everywhere...life, dreams, etc. I guess I am finially putting that vivid imagination I have always had to good use *wink*Christine Fonsecahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986034666903054819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-68132652086401640872010-04-29T11:23:11.241-04:002010-04-29T11:23:11.241-04:00This mirrors a podcast I heard yesterday: Harlan C...This mirrors a podcast I heard yesterday: Harlan Coben at The Tattered Cover in Denver. I stored away the "what if" technique to share with groups of kids wondering how to come up with ideas.Shannon Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824123805925551656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-51035872820821511132010-04-29T11:20:04.020-04:002010-04-29T11:20:04.020-04:00What a cool video!
I get my ideas from the world...What a cool video! <br /><br />I get my ideas from the world around me, and then I add things I think they need. And add a little funny. =)Carolyn V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15456210036213016603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-29508766488342113162010-04-29T10:48:36.516-04:002010-04-29T10:48:36.516-04:00Great post. My inspiration comes from everywhere. ...Great post. My inspiration comes from everywhere. It is really hard to pinpoint where an idea starts. I've found I take different bits of things I've seen/heard and join them together.<br />Oh, and from dreams. lolLindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-66467086590173217152010-04-29T09:20:39.301-04:002010-04-29T09:20:39.301-04:00For me, my ideas often come through dreams. As I f...For me, my ideas often come through dreams. As I finished my last book, I had a new book idea pop up in a dream. I have a whole notebook filled with dreams, if only I could find the time to write them all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255908019822363456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-16336100281432668852010-04-29T09:00:38.422-04:002010-04-29T09:00:38.422-04:00I'm with you, life is the source of my ideas. ...I'm with you, life is the source of my ideas. It usually doesn't take much to spark an idea that heads off in some direction. Sometimes I get on idea overload, so I've gotten into the habit of keeping a notebook with me all the time so I can jot them down for later use.<br />Have a great day:)Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-79355270336083832732010-04-29T08:56:40.786-04:002010-04-29T08:56:40.786-04:00This has to be the most common question kids ask. ...This has to be the most common question kids ask. I get ideas everywhere and it's so fun to try to look back and figure out exactly where the spark really came from.PJ Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602205868934777662noreply@blogger.com