Andrew Ferguson
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A Colourful Approach to Brainstorming
Posted on January 19, 2021 Leave a Comment
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, The Bic 4-Colour Ballpoint Pen.
Four colours in one pen!
I know what you’re thinking. Ancient technology. Humble. Boring. Run of the mill … But trust me on this, it’s proven a great help to me whenever I’ve been trying to come up with new story ideas on my own (and you can use it during a power cut!).
It’s quite a simple technique really. First, grab a notebook that you don’t mind scribbling all your loose ideas into (seriously, we are not interested in presentation here). Second, grab your Pen of Many Colours. From now on, each colour represents a person in your ‘group’, and these will interact with one another. There are four members in my imaginary group because there are four colours on my pen….
Throwback Thursday: A Colourful Approach to Brainstorming
Posted on December 5, 2019 4 Comments
This has proven a great help to me whenever I’ve been trying to come up with new story ideas (and you can use it during a power cut!).
A Colourful Approach to Brainstorming
Posted on December 4, 2016 3 Comments
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, The Bic 4-Colour Ballpoint Pen.
Four colours in one pen!
I know what you’re thinking. Ancient technology. Humble. Boring. Run of the mill … But trust me on this, it’s proven a great help to me whenever I’ve been trying to come up with new story ideas on my own (and you can use it during a power cut!).
It’s quite a simple technique really. First, grab a notebook that you don’t mind scribbling all your loose ideas into (seriously, we are not interested in presentation here). Second, grab your Pen of Many Colours. From now on, each colour represents a person in your ‘group’, and these will interact with one another. There are four members in my imaginary group because there are four colours on my pen….
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