Brainstorm And Incubate To Get The Perfect Ideas

Have you already thought what to write on your blog? If not, don't despair. It isn't easy, actually. It takes time. Just be patient.

Tips On How To Get Ideas

Brainstorming

1. Get a pen and a paper. Write anything that comes out of your mind. Do not censor your thoughts. This is not the time to do that. Just let the ideas flow freely and smoothly – from your head to your hand, to your pen, to your paper. Keep on writing the ideas until your brain stops giving you more ideas. It's just telling that it's enough for the day and that your mind needs to rest.
2. Go over your list. Just read. Do not judge what you write. Then keep the list. After a day or two, read the list again. Feel the topics. Which topics are giving you positive responses – like enthusiasm – or which one already triggers building up information in your head? Check or underline those topics. Check also those that interest you most.
3. Start eliminating. Don't cross out the topics you don't like. You might need them someday. Just leave a tick mark. Continue the process of elimination until you have only 10 or 12 in your list.
4. Once you already have your top 10 or 12, rank them according to your interest. The one that ranks first is the first topic that you would like to write about. It doesn't mean that "this is it!". Your first choice may or may not be the topic that you wish to focus on. If it's not, that's OK. What is important is that to start writing. Only when you start doing it that you will know if it is the topic that clicks.

Incubation

When you desire something, you think about it often. It's like you can get it out of your head. "What topic should I write about?" you ask yourself often. But no matter how you squeeze your mind, it seems that you don't get any answer. That is OK. Your mind is in the process of incubation. It's like, you send a question to your mind, then your mind searches every "corner of the world" to look for the answer. So, just give your mind some time to search for the answer. One day, you will be surprised that the answer will just pop out. Thus, it's a good thing to keep a tiny notebook and a pen handy so that whenever an idea suddenly emerges from your deep consciousness, you won't have a hard time recalling it.

Wasting Time Productively

Caught in a traffic and nothing to do? Waiting for someone who usually comes late? At the airport, you're waiting for your time to board in; or, just feeling lazy because you are too stressed to work. It's a waste of time, right?.

Turn this time into something productive. Start daydreaming. Daydream about what you wish to write. Keep the ideas, thoughts, or images running in your mind. If you want, you can take out your handy notebook and pen. Write the things that flash in your mind. Simply write; no rules. Just like doodling. The next thing you know, the green light is on; or your special someone has arrived; or it's time to board your plane. A little while after, you notice your stress is gone.

Power Dreaming

This is a special exercise and it's proven effective. Remember how many times you've said to yourself before drifting to sleep, "I'm going to wake up at 8" or "I need to wake up early at 5 AM." When you open your eyes the next day, voila! You just wake up exactly at the time you said to yourself. That's power dreaming.

Transform your wake-up-time statement to "Give me a good idea to write about." Say it once, twice or thrice. It doesn't matter. Just feel it. Don't think. While asleep, you might just dream about it; or, upon waking up, an idea is the first thing that registers in your head. Sometimes, a few days or hours afterwards, the good idea may just spring up out of the blue. That's the work of power dreaming.

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