- What does the discussion forum on generating ideas reveal to you about the ways in which you generate ideas? What do your peers’ contributions to the discussion forum reveal about alternative ways of generating ideas?
From reading the discussion forum, I can see that my particular way of generating ideas is actually not that different from other people. My way of generating ideas is that an idea of interest is born inside of me and I'll think about it until it feels like a real thing that I can communicate. I'll begin jotting ideas in random notebooks and random pieces of paper until that "thing" feels as real as it can possibly become. Unfortunately, for myself these ideas do not usually last and end up even killing the initial spark of the idea I had earlier. I tend to have this habit of trying too hard or trying in the wrong way to make the idea a reality. I didn't see too much about that being discussed in the forum.
But my peers have all these great ways of generating ideas, none of which seem too unfamiliar. Mediation was one that I saw that struck me as the most difficult. I cannot simply sit quietly and let the idea form, I must write it down and explore it until it's dead. Research was another one, where you have to know the exact details that make up your story, so you must do research to ensure it's accuracy. Another method, and one I relate with the most, is brainstorming. Brainstorming is just outlining your work, and then just throwing ideas in to see how they fit. This works for me because I enjoy the organic way in which an idea grows. I guess the problem can also be that it is the bad ideas bother me quite a bit. Perhaps I just need to learn to let it go and learn how to edit it down later.
But my peers have all these great ways of generating ideas, none of which seem too unfamiliar. Mediation was one that I saw that struck me as the most difficult. I cannot simply sit quietly and let the idea form, I must write it down and explore it until it's dead. Research was another one, where you have to know the exact details that make up your story, so you must do research to ensure it's accuracy. Another method, and one I relate with the most, is brainstorming. Brainstorming is just outlining your work, and then just throwing ideas in to see how they fit. This works for me because I enjoy the organic way in which an idea grows. I guess the problem can also be that it is the bad ideas bother me quite a bit. Perhaps I just need to learn to let it go and learn how to edit it down later.
Works cited:
张锐. "My China 11/13/2016 Guardian of the Cave Temple - CCTV News - CCTV.com English." CCTV. CCTV, 11 Nov. 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2017.
张锐. "My China 11/13/2016 Guardian of the Cave Temple - CCTV News - CCTV.com English." CCTV. CCTV, 11 Nov. 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2017.