I'm sitting here, pondering.
One of my favourite things to do, ponder. And listen to music while I do so. Helps click things into place, really.
Y'know, it's when I ponder the deepest that I get ideas for stories.
Yet, lately, I haven't needed to ponder to come up with story-related ideas. I've just had to live my life, and ideas have come up by themselves.
Most of them, though, has come to involve a car, rides, and banter via email.
...And these scenes are not pretty.