Scott,
Thanks for sharing. Feel a little naked? I'm looking forward to the brainstorming in Part Two. I could really use that about now. A writer friend of mine sent me the Fred Rubin method of brainstorming, and although it should have helped me with my current script it did not. :-(

juswrite7, perhaps the problem you had with brainstorming on this current script is the word "method." For example, I just now Googled "brainstorming" and this was one of the top sites: "Step by step guide to brainstorming." Talks about "defining your problem," "giving yourself a time limit," "give each idea a score," and so on. That's precisely the opposite way of I approach brainstorming.

The whole point of brainstorming is to let your brain go wild, follow every single thought and write it down. I'll follow up on the post today with some of the specific, sometimes kooky things I do to enliven my brainstorming process, but it's all about punching through the rational 'left' brain and opening up a direct download with the 'right' brain.

More later!

Love this set of posts I will be sharing it on Twitter and my website.

Whew, a strong concept a day is a task I try to avoid. I can sometimes be easily distracted and if I come up with a new concept I fall in love with, sometimes it'll take my attention away from the projects I should be working on or finishing up.

That said, I seem to accidentally average a new concept a week that I add to the notebook to come back to later.