I have a love/hate relationship with brainstorming. My brain, inflicted or blessed with ADD, seeks to accomplish tasks as quickly as possible with little regard to the quality of my work. So I hate brainstorming because it’s an obstacle to finishing my chores. But, in all honesty, when I’ve seriously done it, as opposed to filling out an outline of my finished paper to hand in as “brainstorming”, the quality of my writing has exploded to new heights.
Particularly most useful in my reading was how to effectively manage a group brainstorming session. From experience alone I know there will be a lot of collaboration in my future and a breakdown of how to work in a group setting in an intellectual level will be helpful moving forward.
Having taken a break from college to pursue a professional career, I had lost sight of reading in general. Growing up I always wondered why my folks never sat down and read a book, but when I joined the 50 hour a week grind with the rest of the working folk I quickly realized why. Hopefully with a renewed dedication to my education I will recapture the joy of reading or at least do it because it’s important. As emphasized in our book, reading is essential to acquire the tools to write.
Perhaps the most useful information was dedicated to being a “fair” and “open minded” writer. Being a person who loves to argue, a flaw maybe, I dunno, I have often relied on fallacies in an attempt to win an argument. Hopefully, with some practice, I’ll get to where I can clearly get my point across as well as respond to criticism without resorting to old tricks.
Funny title! I think brainstorming with others can make the anticipation of a project greater; just hearing yourself talk about it can make it seem more important for some reason. That internal motivation to write for some purpose-- to gain power, money, fame, satisfaction, knowledge, geek chic-- is what helps one want to embrace all of the process. Finding that motivation is every writer's challenge.
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