Title - Creative Writing Process Tags - creativeprocess writing
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Set up structural tension
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Goal -
Current reality -
Gather raw materials
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Consult archive for existing materials -
Product/service information -
Customer information -
Competitor information -
Materials of this kind for the same product/service -
Materials of this kind for similar products/services -
Other materials you can get ideas from -
Fill in gaps in knowledge -
Make notes on paper -
Convert and transfer all notes to your archive -
Make connections
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Look for patterns between notes in your archive -
Make connections (links) between existing notes -
Make new notes as tentative/partial ideas come to you -
Don't stop when you get tired - keep going until it's hopeless to go on -
Eureka!
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Drop the creation completely and do something else -
Listen to music, go to the cinema, read fiction, exercise, whatever -
When the Eureka moment comes, move on -
Shape the idea
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Write, write, write! -
Edit and adapt into practical form -
Publish and put in front of other people for feedback
[#young2003producingideas]: James Webb Young (2003): A Technique for Producing Ideas, McGraw-Hill.
http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/newsletters/zfkj_hands_on_experience.htm