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The Bright Idea Kit
Start Here!
Welcome to the Bright Idea Kit! (7:04)
How to Use This Course (1:51)
The Creative Cycle (4:35)
Part 1: CLARIFY
There's Always Room for Your Story (4:09)
Who Are You, and Why Do You Want to Write?
Everything You *Don't* Want to Write About
Your Unique Sensibility
The Words on Your Heart
Remembering the Books that Made You a Writer
Part 2: FILL UP
Fine-Tune Your Input [and New Input For Better Output]
Gathering Your Trove
Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
Strategic Curiosity (27:57)
Developing Your Powers of Observation
Sorting Your Trove of Ideas (15:59)
Using a “Bullet Binder” to Organize Your Ideas (15:20)
A Better Way to Brainstorm (10:44)
On "Hiring" Your Mentors
Plan an Impossible Dinner Party
Part 3: PLAY
The Play Instinct
Creating a Humor Repository
A Self-Enhancing Cycle of Creativity (15:45)
How to Prepare for an Ecstatic Experience (20:02)
Demo: Mind Mapping (11:44)
A List of Lists to Make
Creative Cross-Pollination
Create Your Avatar
Part 4: REFINE & RECOMBINE (or, MORE PLAY!)
How These Demos Work (6:55)
Demo: Bibliomancy (13:39)
Demo: Random Sentence Generator & "I'm Feeling Curious" (2:07)
Demo: Free Association Using the Tarot (3:50)
Demo: A Dungeons & Dragons Dice Set (9:34)
Demo: Origami Fortune Teller (8:26)
Demo: Ghouls & Pretties (5:34)
The Next Step is the Right Step
Reversals & Revelations
Part 5: RESEARCH
Research Methods (13:02)
Research Redux
Curated Source List
CONCLUSION
Project Debrief
A "Final" Blessing (3:14)
Resources, Extras, and Ongoing Q&A
Notes on Becoming
The Sword of Truth
A Tarot Spread for Next-Project Guidance (7:34)
Tarot for Warming Up (11:26)
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