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So there's a dilemma I've been grappling with for the past year or so; I want to start a blog, since I like writing and would like the public accountability to make me write more often. The problem is, I can't think of anything worthwhile to write about. I don't want it to turn into journal entries, but anything I could possibly want to write about has already been written by someone, somewhere on the internet. How do people... get their ideas? As cliche as that question is, it's still a puzzle I can't figure out.
Google "writing prompts".
If you know another language, translate obscure public domain material from that language.
Re-make something in a different style: take a sci-fi novel and make it into a pirates short story, for example.
And when your actual idea hits you, drop all of that other stuff and focus.