Neil Gaiman Where Do You Get Your Ideas

It was another average school night and the red letters on my alarm clock read midnight. My tired eyes stared at the blank word document on the laptop, my mind devoid of ideas. The prompt for this week’s creative writing essay was about bizarre situations. Usually, my mind would be overflowing with ideas like a river, and I would get the assignment done on the first day. Three days passed, and I still had no ideas. I was officially afflicted with the notorious writer’s block I had heard so much of. There was this feeling of having an empty void in my mind, and having uncertainty over what to write next, whether it is over the prompt or the next words. Closing the laptop in defeat and accepting the reality that I would receive a failing grade for the paper, I shut the laptop and trudged over to my bed and dove under the covers. At least I would not suffer the consequences of my actions in the temporary

My first influence as a writer were books. I read all the time, in the car, during school, etc etc. I always have one on me so I'm

As I began to type the opening paragraph for my argument paper over the hit podcast “Serial,” I began to realize I was in serious trouble as the words refused to flow. Even without any formal writing education, I prided myself on my ability to write, and convey my ideas with ease through the means of a keyboard. By the end of these pages, it is my hope that you the reader, will be able to get a sense of the adversities I had faced, and what helped me develop my writing process, and abilities.

It also can help teach teachers with how they can quiz their students to see what the students are lacking. This analysis is still striving for parents and teachers to be aware that a main factor with kids being lazy and not caring is due to all the new technologies. The writer does a great job emphasizing the important factors that can finally rise and change the slacking students. I do think that this article is kind of boring in ways because it falls off into a story. I think that the article is almost like a small lesson with all the examples it gives. The writer is using ethos by stating that he is a college writing instructor. The teacher is getting rejected from others while she is trying to solve the student’s problems. It also uses pathos when the writer talks about the kids struggling of wanting to give up. In a reader’s opinion, I believe that this article varies in its range of effectiveness. New Dorp or any students should read this because you might notice what are struggling with by just reading all the examples. This article is also pretty easy to understand. I also believe that this article is great because of how the writer explains just about everything he talks about therefore it can help some students understand exactly what he is talking about. This article strives in a way to let students know how simple it really is to understand the basic concrete elements in writing. The writer catches the writer’s attention

Two Thinker toy methods that helped me process and come up with new ideas are “Feeding Your Head” and being a “Travel Junkie” (Michalko, 2006). I usually read and travel for fun or a purpose, not for creative thinking.

From the time I first learned to read, I found myself fascinated by books. As I got older, a teacher realized that my reading level was above that of the other children in my class, and sent me to the bookshelf to pick out a “chapter book” to read. With the envious eyes of many of my peers following me, I chose one (probably the one with the most colorful cover art) and began to read it. Little did I know, I would finish this book in no time, and my life would become consumed by reading from that point forward. I soon felt compelled to put some of my own ideas onto paper, and thus, I discovered my passion for writing. However, my skills would be, and are to this day, suppressed by one thing- first drafts. I have never been able to sit down

Brainstorming helps me to write the perfect research paper. We had Spontaneous group discussions in my class which helped me to get new ideas about my topic. We had a peer review every week once rough draft is prepared. This process helps me to me correct and analyze the more points required for rewriting my research paper. It is always a good habit in taking other views and ideas in any academic writing can result in reduce errors like grammar, sentence formation and increase in creating more ideas to implement in the paper.

Writers work from left to right when writing any type of writing. In some ways I do agree with Annie on her writing process. When I wrote my article about the new rule saying that people couldn’t smoke outside of public housing. I had to gather all of the facts and write the summary from there. There were key parts of the article that I needed to include in my summary of the article. When I wrote my article on “Focusing on Evidence: Nutella” like Annie did I have to go step by step to write a successful paper about it. I had to know what to include in the article and what I didn’t need to include it in. It’s very important that you know what’s right and what’s wrong to put in an article. When writing my Descriptive writing I based my writing around one idea. That paper wouldn’t be the paper that I wanted if I just picked anything to talk about in it. I had to make sure that I stayed on topic so that everything worked out. Annie Dillard ideas on the writing process was very helpful she knew what she was talking. Reading this really helped me understand my own writing

I really enjoyed reading your discussion post. You provided some wonderful insights about generating ideas and right brain thinking. I completely agree with you that it was kind of difficult to think of five things in order to generate ideas and think in new ways. Leaving home, I believe is an important way to generate ideas because it gets yourself away from the same environment and you can think of new ideas outside of your home. Writing always helps me when generating new ideas. If I don't write my ideas right when I think of them, I forget them instantly and never really go back to figure out what they were or what I was thinking. All my life I have heard the statement “Fake it till you make it!” I have never thought about

Although Lamott is an experienced writer but she was close minded and narrow when she talked about ways to generate ideas. Of course, you have the shitty first draft, but that is not the only way to go about creating new ideas or brainstorming for your paper. There are many other ways to get your ideas down on paper. For instance, you can brainstorm with 2 or 3 different people. Kenneth Bruffee, a professor and writer says that working with others also helps us

Newspapers constantly have to generate new ideas to stay current with our constantly changing world. NASH 79 would be the optimal place to discover how other journalists brainstorm new ideas to feature in their organization. At NASH 79 I would aim to discover how to come up with creative ideas for writing prompts. At The Cord I would then try and implement those methods for idea generation with writing prompts.

Well at first I was a sophomore in college studying Pre-Med, and I had to drop a few classes since I didn’t like Pre-Med anymore. I walked into a writing class (A Poetry One) it was near the registration desk. I thought it was pretty cool, they were doing an automatic writing activity, when the guy invited me in. When we started this exercise I really enjoyed it a lot. I also began to read a lot more. The authors who really inspired me were John Updike , who wrote the Rabbit series and J.D. Salinger, who wrote The Catcher in the Rye.

Chapter four from Writing and Revising talks about strategies for generating ideas. Some of these ideas include brainstorming, freewriting, seeking motives, and even brainstorming with a group. Brainstorming with a group works much like brainstorming alone. When you brainstorm alone you start with an idea or a phrase and then proceed to write down anything you could possibly think of that goes with that idea or phrase; however, brainstorming with a group allows you to compare and contrast your ideas with a group of people. This group activity will allow you to see how others brainstorm their ideas and could help you with your next assignment. Freewriting is another strategy for generating ideas. When using freewriting as a way to generate ideas

It has always been difficult for me to find a writing process that works well for me. Over the past years, I have struggled with writing papers and thinking creatively. However, I feel as if I have established a writing process that works for me.

Before I came to college, I felt my writing had to follow a certain pattern and be fixated around one way of thinking. What I was fortunate to learn was quite the opposite. Writing does not have to follow any certain pattern, but can rather be structured through many different possibilities. I was also told in high school that my papers either had to agree or disagree with the given topic, even if I believed otherwise. This formulated a very one-track way of thinking when it came to my papers. Now I know that I can let my mind explore new and exciting ideas. I can agree, disagree, compliment, criticize, and question the author however my heart desires, as long as I have the evidence to back myself up. Many authors in the book, Writing About Writing, explain their processes as well as the processes of others when it comes to writing. As a writer, I can draw on my own processes and relate them to the authors, as well as use their ideas and apply them to myself. Through reading, I have learned new methods of invention, planning and revising, and incubation when it comes to writing. All ways I can use to create more meaningful and creative work.