How to Write
This is not a writing manual, nor a guide to grammar, nor to rhetoric. Obviously not: look at its length, or lack of it. It is only a small book aiming to help you form ideas about writing, and to write whenever you want to. Writing need not be an ordeal nor an impossible feat. It is a do-able task: one that becomes a pleasure when you get into it. Reading this book should make writing easier, and should keep you from breaking your head in attempts on the impossible. But I don’t guarantee masterpieces. In fact, I don’t mean to deal with creative writing. How could one ever generalize about the ways of creative writers? Their methods are individual to a fault: some pursue total spontaneity; some mull over poems for months and then
write them in a day
Techniques of Creative Thinking
First of all, you should read the introduction which discusses the question: "What can I do to increase my creativity?"
Random Input
Problem Reversal
Ask Questions
Applied Imagination - Question Summary
Lateral Thinking
Six Thinking Hats
The Discontinuity Principle
Checklists
Brainstorming
etc
How to Access Your Hidden Brain Power, Learn Faster, Remember More, and Achieve Success in Business
Praise for Idea Mapping
"Nast's work in Idea Mapping enables those with creative minds to
clearly lay out their thinking process and those who are more
process-minded to become creative. If your organization is looking for
a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to idea mapping, this is it."
--Chris Brown, Executive Vice President, DTE Energy Resources
"I have used idea maps for thirty years and have taught MBA
students, employees, and my children how to harness their power. I
strongly recommend this book and believe you will feel it to be one of
the best investments you have ever made in your own growth."
--Stephen C. Lundin, coauthor, FISH!
"This is a book that everyone should read. It's an interactive,
thought-provoking book about the brain and learning that will expand
your mind. Nast, an accomplished and well-respected instructor, has
guided me into a new realm of learning experiences and possibilities.
I'm sure you will feel the same upon reading her insightful work."
--Simon Tai, CEO, Buzan Centre Taiwan and S&J Media Intergration Co. Ltd., Host of News Discovery on NEWS 98 Taiwan
Andrew Loomis "Creative illustration"
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Andrew Loomis
(1892-1959) was an illustratorfrom the United Stateswho is best
remembered now for a series of art instruction books that continues to
influence realist artists, though they are in 2004all out of print,
except for some excerpts available from the art publisher Walter
Foster. The Loomis family, who still holds the copyrights to all the
books published by Andrew Loomis, has not expressed any intention of
re-printing any of his work in recent days despite popular demand.
