Comments on: More on Mind-Mapping – and a Contest!

By: Franselva

Franselva — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:01:40 +0000

My ideas come from my imagination, from my fantasy.
An idea is a very personal thing.

By: Anand

Anand — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:54:04 +0000

Ideas evolve out of the human need to fill the gap between realities and aspirations.

By: Graham Storrs

Graham Storrs — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:50:47 +0000

Click the link to see my own entry.

http://grahamstorrs.blogspot.com/2008/10/where-do-you-get-your-ideas.html

Tons of fun!

Cheers.

By: Speakeasy » Blog Archive » Mapping the right and left

Speakeasy » Blog Archive » Mapping the right and left — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:10:53 +0000

[…] is an interesting blend of right-brain creative exploration and left-brain order-making. Over at The Writers Technology Companion blog, they’ve been looking at where ideas come from. Mind-mapping is a definitely a great […]

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:52:39 +0000

Hi, Dustin:

Here’s my post/entry on where I get my ideas:
http://www.zoewesthof.com/http:/www.zoewesthof.com/blog/where-do-i-get-my-ideas

Thanks for posting this contest!

By: Essential Prose | Zoë Westhof | Where Do I Get My Ideas?

Essential Prose | Zoë Westhof | Where Do I Get My Ideas? — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:50:38 +0000

[…] to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Dustin Wax of The Writer’s Technology Companion wrote a post about mind-mapping software. I wrote about the joys of mind-mapping here, but I was specifically talking about how effective it […]

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:36:52 +0000

Fun contest! I’ll go all out and write a post as my entry…

I have a hard time keeping a system for idea-gathering. I’ve downloaded Evernote, which seems really efficient, but I have yet to really use it. I still stick with pen and paper for brainstorming (and mind-mapping), but I’d love to explore good mind-mapping software.

I’ll post again here when my own post is up!

By: Katharine

Katharine — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:38:15 +0000

I can find it very hard to get ideas on my own. I have most luck while driving in the car or when I am in bed and supposed to be getting up for work. If only I could stay there I am sure I would have written something truly spectacular by now!
One thing guaranteed to get me great ideas is chatting with my best friend and trusted Beta reader. She is phenomenal at talking something through with me and the ideas just poor out of my brain.
Large bits of paper are also essential for trapping all these ideas. I find it useful to be able to write on the whole surface of a table!

I’ll tweet a link to your contest!

By: Robyns Online World

Robyns Online World — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:27:27 +0000

My ideas come from living life. Every single input from what I see, hear, taste, feel, and smell all floods in. Do I know where it all goes? Nope, just somewhere in my brain. Then it does some sort of wonderful dance up there and swirls together and apart and then somehow, magically it seems, shares it back to the more conscious part of me as a new idea, thought, task, smile, worry, word, brush stroke, or whatever else it is. It doesn’t matter where they come from, just so long as they keep coming!

Thanks to Topsy-Techie for sharing!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:35:57 +0000

Most of my ideas come to me at the strangest times: in the shower, while driving, or while reading something else. These are the “a-ha!” moments, the ones that writers live for.

Sometimes my ideas are from deep immersion in the creative process, where connections are formed or two dissimilar things combine to create a new idea. I’ve solved problems this way (the hero has dug herself into a hole, how to get out?).

I value both methods, and I find that the more I indulge myself in these moments, the more the ideas flow.