Just press C-x C-f. This will prompt for a filename, using the current directory of the current buffer as the directory to put it in. For a dired buffer, its current directory is simply the directory you are looking at.
Just press C-x C-f. This will prompt for a filename, using the current directory of the current buffer as the directory to put it in. For a dired buffer, its current directory is simply the directory you are looking at.