Using a Project Board in your Brainstorming Sessions
Innovative people practice brainstorming in multiple different methods. However, for me, using a large magnetic notice board amplifies the imaginative process tenfolds. I'll mention it once again in the next tutorial about beginning a summary, however as it appears here, even with a notebook loaded with ideas, there are times when I require to get to my magnet board and focus on creating even more.
The more ideas I can move from my notebook to my brainstorming magnet board, the more ideas I have to draw on when it's story-time. Brainstorming sessions without cause can produce more ideas. Usually, I get triggered to brainstorm after a writing session, or during the day, away from my regular composing times. But the single most efficient method is just to stand beside my white magnetic board with a dry-wipe marker in my hand.
I'm unsure precisely where the urge comes from most of the time. Perhaps just being influenced to try and think up a new idea. Sometimes, after dropping an idea on my magnet board, I attempt to come up with similar concepts, which all have their own story.
This is an approach I like to think of as idea refinement. I might start with something like "What about a monster no one has actually ever seen or become aware of." I think of animals, both genuine and mythical, and focus of the frightening parts of their anatomy or character information. Claws are scary however too large, and they feel exaggerated. If you wish to take something that's already scary, like a spider, and make it more frightening, then add wings. And as that goes, there are several various ways that wings appear in nature. Bats are various from birds, which are different from insects. I likewise think about how this animal may happen. In a fantasy story, they may merely exist as part of the world, though you can trace evolutionary lines with further penetrating. A modern-day beast requires to have a reason that it is undiscovered. Maybe it's the creation of a medical lab. Possibly it originated from area. Maybe it began as an infection, which mutated another species. Instead of producing one concept by itself, I generate lots of prospective story concepts that can be combined with others. I frequently draw all my "creatures" on the whiteboard simply to imagine them for myself.
When I'm getting ready to compose a narrative, inspecting my large magnet board in the office can help me find ideas, however it can also create brand-new ones. I believe it's essential to organise all your ideas on the whiteboard before you start because various ideas can blend to produce brand-new ones. Draw or write these down even more on the whiteboard, as they formulate in your head.
Concept Synthesis from Life Experiences
No matter where I'm at, I'm always formulating stories. A shoe out of place, or an individual sitting alone in a coffee house can be a trigger. That trigger begins a domino effect in my head, and I comprise a story about it. I as soon as found a set of boots on a sidewalk around a gasoline station. How did they arrive? Somebody had sex, got caught, and had to bolt prior to putting their shoes back on? Did someone choose to give up on society, begin their shoes, and disappear into the woods? When aliens snatch someone, can they only beam up the body and not the clothing? Perhaps the other clothes was carried off by the wind. Who knows? It's enjoyable.
Now, this isn't an ability I have innately, but I've trained myself to be on the lookout for story ideas constantly. Try it.
Browse the place you remain in right now, and comprise a story about any things you see. A coke can, some scattered confetti that never ever got swept up, an open note pad, a printer that runs out paper. Whatever. Simply make up a story. The crazier, the better. That will get those innovative juices flowing. Then catch the concept on your magnet board, and save it for later on, or better yet, compose it on a piece of a vibrant post-it note and attach it on your conceptualizing whiteboard (you can use magnetic glass board as well!). You will construct a large repository of ideas all in one place - your fantastic magnetic glass board!
Utilize your whiteboard regularly and Make it a Habit.
When you start producing story ideas, then do not stop, ever. Initially, it might be a little challenging, but believe me. This is among the most convenient practices worldwide to begin. While some habits (like getting 500 words each day composed) can take a lot of focus and energy, I've discovered that making a habit of 10 or fifteen minutes of day-to-day story concept generation comes naturally after a week or two. It's exceptionally efficient, it's enjoyable, and best of all, it offers you a creative resource. That creativity not only enhances your own capacity for creating initial concepts and fuels your writing, but it likewise gives you an index of fresh concepts, so that you will never ever be left without something to write about ever once again. This is totally something that anybody who desires to be an author should begin practising, right now. And never ever desert your conceptualizing whiteboard. Or even better, purchase an expert magnetic glass board that will serve you for life. Mount it in your office and utilize it every day. You won't regret it!