mASF post by "Harmless"
posted on: mASF forum: General Discussion newsgroup, May 5, 2004A lot of people ask me how I make up my material, just like a lot of people ask
prolific authors (like Isaac Asimov) or comedians (like Jerry Seinfeld) how
they come up with their ideas. The simple answer is: "I don't know."
A large part of it might be "talent." It might be something you're born with.
But I tend to believe that it is mostly a SKILL, and skills can be taught,
learned and developed.
So how do you master this skill? How do you constantly come up with new
material? Experience and practice.
Most authors or comedians that I know of come up with ideas constantly. Since
literature (both written and aural) is essentially the study of life, the best
place to get ideas is from... life experience. They are constantly surrounded
by opportunities to create new material. We PUAs need to do the same thing. But
how?
PUAs get their ideas from TALKING TO WOMEN. We are put in unique situations and
our adaptive minds find unique solutions based on common principles. If you
want to create new material constantly, you must immerse yourself in an
environment that will demand your creativity: social interaction with women.
Take a look at some of the most popular routines on ASF: Sexual Predator,
Attack Kitten, and so on. How do you think the author came up with them? Do you
think they sat at home in front of their computer? Do you think they jumped
naked out of a bathtub and ran down the street shouting "Eureka"? No. They were
in set with actual girls and probably something the GIRLS said made them think
of it.
In fact, the ONLY way I come up with my own material is by talking to girls.
What they say, how they think, the cute things they do to attract you. You have
to understand that girls only know what THEY are attracted to. So when a GIRL
tries to game you, they are giving you gold material to game OTHER GIRLS. (Why
do you think men work out and women dress with the latest fashions? We are
trying to seduce the opposite sex based on what WE are attracted to, not what
THEY are attracted to.)
I mentioned the "common principles" that material is based on. These are things
like Cocky & Funny, Push/Pull, 101 theory, Neg theory, Cold Reads, Sexual
Tension, etc.
I've found (and I teach) that the best way to learn these concepts is to learn
the material that is already out there. Then through practice and calibration
you start to understand how the concepts work and how the material works based
on those concepts. Then, with a firm understanding of the concepts, you will
adapt better to real life situations, and the material will start to FLOW.
I tend to use a lot of CHESS analogies when I talk about the game. It is easy
to see the similarity. There is an opening, a middle game, and an endgame. You
mate the opponent. Etc. But be careful not to take the methaphor too far. The
game isn't a contest. Chess is war, seduction is not.
But I will use chess here to explain how material works and how the concepts
relate. In the opening, we have what is called the "Opening Book." In the game,
we have opinion openers, direct openers, and what not. Both are based on the
same ideas: General principles backed by concrete experience. You must
understand the principles, but you must also be IN FIELD testing them to create
new material.
So the best way to come up with new material is to go out, talk to women, get
yourself into interesting situations and TRY things. Listen to what women are
saying to you. Learn other people's material with a focus on WHY it works, then
create your own.
This wasn't a very well organized post, but I hope it helps some of you out.
Feel free to ask questions here.
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Harmless
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