A New Month Begins

I just had to post something today to make sure the blog continues! So, in the spirit of keeping the creative juices flowing, I have spent the last hour or so brainstorming some new story ideas. I've jotted down a few things, but need to go back to them tomorrow. This started me thinking about how I get ideas and plan stories. Tonight I sat down with my laptop and thought about a few different scenarios in a few different genres. Then I just typed up some sketchy ideas as bullet points. But I have found that strangely unsatisfying. Now I want to get out coloured pencils and make a mind map for each idea. Perhaps I'm in a visual mood at the moment, I don't know. So tomorrow, I'll be doing the "butcher's paper" equivalent for a writer: putting ideas into bubbles and linking them with arrows and diagrams! Maybe December can be Imagination Month!