I'm trying to post new discussions... but I'm running out of ideas!

Hello marinarovi. I think that if we pay more attention to our daily life and work, we would have more ideas for posting new discussions every day. Yeah, it is a very good source to do lots of reading from newspapers, magazines and such. But I have to say that I am still not that creative in starting new discussions as I can not always find some interesting topics to start a discussion with. I am sure that you will be very good at posting new discussions soon once you focus more on posting new discussions. I will be very happy to read more of your new discussions in no time. Happy posting.

Hi marinarovi! =) I am quite new to myLOT but have thought that surely a lot of discussions have been posted already. I worry that the discussion that I'll create have been presented before. And I think it happens that we run out of things to discuss sometimes. Don't worry, your creativity will take you over on good days, and if they do, write as many as you can. You can also read newspapers, mags, and some discussions from your co-workers, from the ideas that you gather, you can think of a way to present it uniquely. and everything will surely follow. =)

I know what you mean! I run out of things to say on here. But some days I have so much to say, and I make tons of topics. I think there is much we can talk about here. And it's a great site.. to see what others think and have to say.

i think then you should concentrate on answering more. i do that most of the time here. i just do not start any discussion for the sake of starting one.i start when i really want to ask something or share something.

It seems to me that the people who post more than a few discussions each day mainly steal "their" ideas from other people, and that is a shame. If they spent a little time looking at what other people do with the idea of trying to be good and helpful friend, as you have, then they would certainly be serving myLot better, and themselves, too. That is my view. A new discussion doesn't have to interest everyone, but it should have enough substance to allow the poster's friends go get some mental stimulation. It shouldn't just be all about the poster, as in the case of one member who posted a new discussion that served no more purpose than to inform those who were kind enough to give her replies that she didn't have time to comment on their answers so she would just thank them all at once in order to be able to go start more (useless) discussions. Go figure.

The only thing i can do is responding other discussion. I ususlly get it from my assignment. ha..ha..ha..

I have never started 50 New discussions in a day. I can't imagine even doing so. I think the most New Discussions I have ever started in a day is about 4 maybe. But when I do start a New discussion, a lot of the time, it comes from ideas I have been thinking on, News stories going on at this time, or things going on in my life at the time. These do come in spurts, and I don't think we need to start a New discussion every day as well. But I can relate with the running out of ideas. This is about the time I find myself signing out of myLot for awhile until my mind is ready to focus again on subjects of interest in here.

in the mylot doldrums? i have been there many times. When it gets bad i stop posting new topics all together, when it gets really bad i stop responding. So far my worst time lasted 3 months and im just getting over it now. I dont know where i get the ideas from, they tend to be random ideas and ive often already started posting the discussion before ive finally fomalised the way the discussion topic will work and, of course, responders will often take the discussions in some wonderfull and unexpected directions blessed be

I think there are lots of small small things in our life that we can use to start as discussions. Most times we fail to notice things. Another thing is that if we keep on thinking how to start on discussions we might get very little ideas. When we try to concentrate on different things in our life we might be able to start discussions on these different things of our life and our daily activities or things we daily do or things we daily see.

Reply to more dicussions! There's no use sitting there racking your brains trying to think of something to write. I usually find myself wondering about certain topics during my day to day activities, whether it's when I'm driving or doing the dishes or at work. When I'm next on mylot I usually remember these things and make a discussion about them. If you're thinking of silly things to say just for the sake of making a post I think it shows and people will be less inclined to reply. Remember, quality not quantity! Good luck.

i think everyone at one time gets what is called the writers clot it is when you just go blank i do experience this so many times but whenever am in my peak i make i keep writing until i go dry.besides i deas sometimes will come to you when you are taking a walk or when reading a book,newspaper,magazine or even when you are just quiet at this point just pick a pen and a jotting pad and write then improve on what you have written before posting.

sometimes i got it from the magazines, newspapers and books but most of my discussions are from my own ideas...yeah i agree i running out of ideas sometimes but instead i divert it to post comments on any discussions here...i don't allow to scroll down the page and no work is being made...i love to share my ideas to anybody here. hope you can also do this.

I think the best way of coming up with some form of discussion is to look at your life or peoples around you and think about anything you have not been quite sure you have the answer to, that way you can post it and see what others think, but I think it is pointless in just writting things for the hell of it, i only write something that I think people will help me with or give me the answer to.

I usually start responding to my friend's discussions I ran out of ideas in no time.

I do not post alot for the same exact reason. Plus, when I do a search, most of my topics of conversation have already been used. So...I just respond to various discussions hoping that an idea will come to me. It might take days or weeks, but one does usually come. LOL

for me , it's better to try harder focusing on suporting and responding to other member discussion other than creating too much new topics discussion....

When I have nothing to say here at mylot I simply transfer to another website where I'm also making money hehe. It's a win-win situation!

What I have done in the past is walk around my house and get ideas from the things I have. For example, I started a discussion about the number of TV's I have and that got me into starting a discussion about what shows I watch, and that got me into starting a discussion about renting movies. Or another one is I saw that I have a self cleaning oven so I started a discussion to ask how many others have one or if they have to clean it by hand. Or I saw I had a slow cooker so I asked how many others had one. Things like that. But I have now run out of ideas too and now I am not starting too many any more. But if you can think of discussions to start it is a lot quicker posting because you don't have to read a ton of them before finding one you can respond to. Also you make more money by starting discussions because the more responses you get, the more money you make. I have a friend on my list that only starts discussions about news item. I think she must search them out in the internet because most of them she has a link to the story. But in saying that, I don't respond to very many of her discussions because there is nothing really to say about them. But I try.