Comments on: Becoming the rainmaker: Generating fresh story ideas and approaches

By: Steve Shaw

Steve Shaw — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:02:49 +0000

I use your notebook idea myself, yes, it’s very effective – I’ll often have my best writing ideas when doing something completely unrelated, and by writing it down there and then, I have a list of ready ideas waiting for when I do sit down and write. Also, once you get in the habit of writing ideas down in a notebook like this, it seems to stimulate further creativity, and you get ideas coming all the time. I’ve also virtually written whole articles before, or at least a large proportion of them, in a notebook if the words keep coming once I’ve released the muse! Get some strange looks mind you as I stand there scribbling …

By: Casey Quinn

Casey Quinn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:40:08 +0000

Great post, as a writer I know what you mean. It is really hard to think of something original and unless you go to extremes you will end up writing what everyone else has written and that will never work

By: Ian Parker

Ian Parker — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:14:49 +0000

I particularly like the magazine suggestion. Getting far outside of the knowledge comfort zone can really boost creativity. Nice article.

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Best of July -- Jarkko Laine - Insanely interested — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:20:22 +0000

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By: Almost Mrs Average

Almost Mrs Average — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:45:21 +0000

Great article thank you. I couldn’t help chuckle at the tip about Trash, because that’s what write about everyday. So maybe I should delve deeper into the garbage on times.

I rely on my notebook heavily and use “thought clouds” in mindmaps to record ideas. When I look back it greats a great snapshot of my thought processes at that point in time.

Thanks again for some fab tips.

By: Ribeezie

Ribeezie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:08:28 +0000

I’ve learned to carry around a notebook to write new ideas in because the fact of the matter is, you never know when inspiration might strike! And it’s better to write it down than to try and remember later because most of the time, it just slips our mind.

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By: Kelly@SHE-POWER

Kelly@SHE-POWER — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:18:18 +0000

I don’t write in one niche, but after years as a copywriter I found my ‘voice’ had become stale and I approached clients in the same way and was thinking very much in the box. I had to shake myself up and I used the bravado approach there. Get big and crazy and see what happens. It does help. I also started blogging and I only blog about what interests me and I ahve resisted the niche and it has definitely freed up my words and improved my copywriting too.

I also swear by my voice recorder for catching those late night brainwaves. It is quite common for me to get a post idea or a tagline while I’m trying to get to sleep.

Great advice. Thanks.

Kelly

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By: Al at 7P

Al at 7P — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:05:24 +0000

These are some great list of suggestions. I’m a big fan of having the 24×7 notebook. Sometimes the best ideas come from nowhere.