Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-30891328-20161230024556/@comment-28060931-20161230185536

You answered your own question, mate. You get inspiration from everything around you. Stephen King came up Misery in a dream he had in an aeroplane and The Shining when he was staying in a nearly empty hotel. He also said that stories should be treated like artifacts, like fossils in the ground, to be excavated. Basically, don't try to come up with stories, just let them flow into your head. Take a bath or go for a walk or just kick back and relax if you want to overcome writer's block. Watch some scary shit (a movie, or wierd youtube vid) if you want an idea. Best of luck,

-Jake