Accidental Genius : Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content.
Title:
Accidental Genius : Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content.
Author:
Levy, Mark.
ISBN:
9781605096513
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (137 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction Your Mind Is Bigger Than You Think -- Part One The Six Secrets to Freewriting -- 1. Secret #1: Try Easy -- 2. Secret #2: Write Fast and Continuously -- 3. Secret #3: Work against a Limit -- 4. Secret #4: Write the Way You Think -- 5. Secret #5: Go with the Thought -- 6. Secret #6: Redirect Your Attention -- Part Two: Powerful Refinements -- 7. Idea as Product -- 8. Prompt Your Thinking -- 9. Open Up Words -- 10. Escape Your Own Intelligence -- 11. The Value in Disconnecting -- 12. Using Assumptions to Get Unstuck -- 13. Getting a Hundred Ideas Is Easier Than Getting One -- 14. Learn to Love Lying -- 15. Hold a Paper Conversation -- 16. Drop Your Mind on Paper -- 17. The Writing Marathon -- 18. Doubt Yourself -- 19. The Magic of Exact Writing -- 20. Extract Gold from a Business Book -- 21. You Are What You Focus On -- Part Three: Going Public -- 22. Sharing Your Unfinished Thoughts -- 23. Help Others Do Their Best Thinking -- 24. Notice Stories Everywhere -- 25. Build an Inventory of Thoughts -- 26. Write Your Own Rules -- 27. The Fascination Factor -- 28. Freewrite Your Way to Finished Prose -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About Mark Levy.
Abstract:
When it comes to creating ideas, we hold ourselves back. That's because inside each of us is an internal editor whose job is to forever polish our thoughts so we sound smart and in control and so we fit into society. But what happens when we encounter problems where such conventional thinking fails us? How do we get unstuck? For Mark Levy, the answer is freewriting, a technique he's used for years to solve all types of business problems and generate ideas for books, articles, and blog posts. Freewriting is deceptively simple: start writing as fast as you can, for as long as you can, about a subject you care deeply about, while ignoring the standard rules of grammar and spelling. Your internal editor won't be able to keep up with your output-you'll generate breakthrough ideas and solutions that you couldn't have created any other way. Levy shares his six secrets to freewriting as well as fifteen problem-solving and creativity-stimulating principles you can use if you need more firepower-seven of which are new to this edition. Also new to this edition: an extensive section on how to refine your raw freewriting into something you can share with the world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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