where do you get your ideas (or: how it all started with Britney)

cross-posted to Tribal Writer



When people ask, "Where do you get your ideas?" the answer is as simple as "Everywhere!" and too complex to explain without fear of boring the person to death.

To get ideas, you need to be open to the world, you need to be curious and interested, you need to give yourself permission to follow your obsessions wherever they might lead you, no matter how trivial they seem at the time.

I went through a fascination with Britney Spears. I couldn't get enough of readin...