Ways to get ideas of what to write

Alot of my ideas come to me through instrumental music (or piano solos). I may be one strange teenager to some of you, but I like it. All I have to do is close my eyes and listen (without interruptions) and think of how the music makes me feel or what it reminds me of.

I also do a lot (I mean A LOT) of thinking. Mainly in the car, in the shower, when I'm sitting awake in my bed at night. Like the other day I was thinking in the car and came up with a great idea.

Sheesh, you'd think my story was running my life .

My best ideas come while I'm doing nothing particularly mind-stimulating. Like showers, day-dreaming, that kind of thing. I find that ideas and cool-sounding phrases always come at the most inopportune times, though, so I always forget them. I also take regular walks around town, or sit in a cafe/bookstore and sometimes, I jot down conversations I hear around me. This helps me find ideas too, because there is always some minour drama unfolding between that couple behind you.