Generating Ideas

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Aim: To introduce ways of speeding up the writing process, and avoiding writer's block. 1.      A positive, realistic attitude 2.      Time Needs 3.      A Good Subject of interest on topic specific & manageable

4.      Testing Scope of Subject    narrow   –  broad

5.      Ten Ways to Generate Ideas

1  Free Writing.......

2  Indexes

3  Friends /Imaginary Dialogues

4  Listing 

• words
• concepts

5  Sketches & Cubes

6  Definitions

7  Questions-Assumptions

8  Clustering

9  Questions

• journalist
• checklist
• relationships (AND, BUT, FOR, SO, OR)

10  Perspectives
       * static 'describe, define'
       * dynamic  'process, change'
       * relative 'comparison'

Questions:
1. What are the features of a good subject?

2. Of the ten ways to generate ideas, which ones do you like best?