What Inspires You???

QueenCat · Post by **QueenCat** » 02 Mar 2014, 12:06

Here's my Top 10 list of writing inspiration
1-Nature
2-People watching
3-Coffee at the local coffee house
4-Magazine articles
5-News reports
6-Good books
7-Music and concerts
8-Life plays
9-My husband, family and friends
10-My 3 cats

Sunshine-Ileen · Post by **Sunshine-Ileen** » 04 Mar 2014, 16:40

My List of Writing Inspirations
1. Cats in general.
2. Other good books that I love.
3. Dragons.
4. Good friends.
5. Life and Nature.
6. Foxes.
7. Poor People.
8. Computer.
9. My dog Sika.
10. My family.

krisssy_99 · Post by **krisssy_99** » 17 Mar 2014, 06:55

A lot of random things inspire me to write

But to classify it under a generic heading I would say - Life. Life and various experiences It gifts us. I get inspired by stories that people have to share - their memoirs, their dreams , some silly fun moment that they'v had. I get inspired by simple things like passing clouds. lol. The little things in life sometimes nurtures your imagination and lets it grow every which way!

RILENTLISS · Post by **RILENTLISS** » 17 Mar 2014, 18:45

Inspiration comes from a great idea, either a bottle of beer and a cool breeze, or a the rain.

Yukiora 24 · Post by **Yukiora 24** » 20 Mar 2014, 12:11

Anything that catches my intrest. From dreams to books to art to people to society anything realy.

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 22 Mar 2014, 14:35

Many things inspire me. What inspires me to write? More than anything else, reading good writing.

kelsmercer · Post by **kelsmercer** » 22 Mar 2014, 20:18

It depends on the day. There are times when I see/experience something and it just inspires me, even if it's just being sick or doing the dishes. Usually nature, other books, and movies (especially action movies, for some reason) inspire me the most.

ecoman · Post by **ecoman** » 24 Mar 2014, 18:07

Here is the beginning of the article that inspired me to write a biotech thriller novel involving bioterrorist programming a DNA based computer to produce a virulent virus that causes an epidemic.

Computer Made from DNA and Enzymes
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
February 24, 2003
Israeli scientists have devised a computer that can perform 330 trillion operations per second, more than 100,000 times the speed of the fastest PC. The secret: It runs on DNA.
A year ago, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, unveiled a programmable molecular computing machine composed of enzymes and DNA molecules instead of silicon microchips. Now the team has gone one step further. In the new device, the single DNA molecule that provides the computer with the input data also provides all the necessary fuel.

Pratham143 · Post by **Pratham143** » 24 Mar 2014, 22:28

Just one word. Love.

JessiFox · Post by **JessiFox** » 25 Mar 2014, 03:39

All kinds of things! There is no rhyme or reason or discernible pattern as far as I can tell. People are probably my go-to for inspiration when I'm feeling stuck, though. People watching, overheard conversations, and the like. Aside from that it could be anything from reading to getting really immersed in a good TV series, to something really mundane like the ways that light plays off different angles of a building, or rain changing pace on the window. I try to be open to inspiration from any and all sources.

ConorEngelb · Post by **ConorEngelb** » 30 Mar 2014, 14:54

I can't think of any one discernible source of inspiration...although copious amounts of tea seem to facilitate the process of inspiration. Mostly, though, I just get a flash of inspiration, seemingly from nowhere, or from a snippet of an overhead conversation, or the face of a stranger on my morning train journey...

H0LD0Nthere · Post by **H0LD0Nthere** » 30 Apr 2014, 21:26

Lots of things, but notable among them are migraine headaches. I remember staying in bed all day with one once, and between fitful bouts of sleep, working out an elaborate zodiac for a world I was creating. The zodiac scheme itself was inspired by a song I'd heard, but if it hadn't been for the migraine, I doubt my mind would have been so fertile.

I've heard that Tolstoy thought the same about the condition he'd be in right before an epileptic fit, as in The Idiot.

Something about pain, or confinement (such as on a long car trip, or working a factory line) can clarify the human mind under some conditions.

-- 30 Apr 2014, 21:28 --

ecoman wrote:Here is the beginning of the article that inspired me to write a biotech thriller novel involving bioterrorist programming a DNA based computer to produce a virulent virus that causes an epidemic.

Computer Made from DNA and Enzymes
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
February 24, 2003
Israeli scientists have devised a computer that can perform 330 trillion operations per second, more than 100,000 times the speed of the fastest PC. The secret: It runs on DNA.
A year ago, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, unveiled a programmable molecular computing machine composed of enzymes and DNA molecules instead of silicon microchips. Now the team has gone one step further. In the new device, the single DNA molecule that provides the computer with the input data also provides all the necessary fuel.

OK, that TERRIFIES me.

jeaneenp · Post by **jeaneenp** » 12 May 2014, 10:48

Life, reading books, listening to music, just random events.

Alexandra Bayer · Post by **Alexandra Bayer** » 12 May 2014, 20:18

I talk with other people, and even if they don't give me an idea themselves, something they say may spark one of my own.

lostintheflame · Post by **lostintheflame** » 17 May 2014, 21:29

I love to go out on walks and observe people. There actions can cause a huge inspiration spark, it's lovely.
I believe reading often helps. Not to mention looking through pictures. I even get inspiration from looking though baby name books.