1. "Some people over flow with ideas, while for others creating an idea is like giving birth to an elephant." -from the text, pg 45
Ideas come fairly easily for me, so this helps remind me that where some people are really good at math, they might not be very good at ideas.
2. "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple . . . and pretty soon you have a dozen." - John Steinbeck, pg 45
I feel like nothing has been said more perfectly about ideas. They really do seem to just start popping up out of nowhere sometimes.
3. "Not all who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, pg 45
This is one of my favorite quotes from literature. It reminds me of the "getting lost" game I like to play with my friends, where we drive somewhere new and just get lost, …show more content…
"Remember two things about using your subconscious brainpower. The first is that better ideas come if you make a conscious assignment to your subconscious....The second thing to remember about incubation is that ideas often don 't come out fully formed like a newborn baby." - from the text, pg 46
This is interesting to think about. I know that most people only use 10% of their brain, and that genius level people use more, but I never realized that you could use more by stimulating your subconscious brainpower. It 's also true that ideas don 't come out fully formed, they also need to be revisited and added to.
6. "The subconscious likes to be tickled once or twice a day with reminders to keep going." - from the text, pg 46
Along with the previous quote, this is interesting to know that the subconscious brain can be stimulated to produce more ideas.
7. "A little sweat in the notes saves bleeding in the revision. Notes nail down details, connect ideas, and help us concentrate." - from the text, pg 47
It makes complete sense that having a ton of notes detailing bits and pieces about a subject would save you time doing rewrites because you would already have a "map" of information that will show you the path that the story or idea
Ideas come fairly easily for me, so this helps remind me that where some people are really good at math, they might not be very good at ideas.
2. "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple . . . and pretty soon you have a dozen." - John Steinbeck, pg 45
I feel like nothing has been said more perfectly about ideas. They really do seem to just start popping up out of nowhere sometimes.
3. "Not all who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, pg 45
This is one of my favorite quotes from literature. It reminds me of the "getting lost" game I like to play with my friends, where we drive somewhere new and just get lost, …show more content…
"Remember two things about using your subconscious brainpower. The first is that better ideas come if you make a conscious assignment to your subconscious....The second thing to remember about incubation is that ideas often don 't come out fully formed like a newborn baby." - from the text, pg 46
This is interesting to think about. I know that most people only use 10% of their brain, and that genius level people use more, but I never realized that you could use more by stimulating your subconscious brainpower. It 's also true that ideas don 't come out fully formed, they also need to be revisited and added to.
6. "The subconscious likes to be tickled once or twice a day with reminders to keep going." - from the text, pg 46
Along with the previous quote, this is interesting to know that the subconscious brain can be stimulated to produce more ideas.
7. "A little sweat in the notes saves bleeding in the revision. Notes nail down details, connect ideas, and help us concentrate." - from the text, pg 47
It makes complete sense that having a ton of notes detailing bits and pieces about a subject would save you time doing rewrites because you would already have a "map" of information that will show you the path that the story or idea