In Pursuit of the Elusive Big Idea

In pursuit of the elusive “Big Idea”

It’s true. You only need to spend two hours in search of an idea. Two undisturbed hours. The rest of the day can be spent feeding your brain with liberal doses of intellectual nourishment. 

So go ahead and watch that movie. Or if it’s a book, then yes read it, without feeling guilty. Any genre, all genres. It’s fodder for the brain that might come handy anytime.

Isn’t this a lovely career?  I love it! (Wink, wink!)

Keep a diary. Jot down ideas that come without warning. Even those with warning.

Search for the odd word that could be used in a copy. That would mean scouring the Thesaurus.

Be observant of life and draw from experience.

Grant permission to your mind to wander. From its wanderings emerge great stories…

Shake up your day. Don’t let anything become a routine, except your two hours of writing.

Shake up your day, every day.

Find something new to learn every day. Even if it is a new exercise regimen.

Feed your mind with interesting ideas. Master an interest. Perhaps, you want to know more about British history. Make that your hobby and read up all about it vociferously on the internet.

From the chaos of the mind fed with a liberal amount of interesting fodder is born an idea.