Writing

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here's a couple more ideas.

They actually taught this in a Creative Writing class I took in College.

It's like a brain storming (or word association) session, except you're the only one doing it. Here are two examples:

One is to write a word on a paper, like school, and then list every word or phrase you associate with it, including synonyms, antonyms, colors, memories, adjectives, thoughts, perceptions, beliefs etc. and then try to link the words to form a new idea.

Another way is to type the word in a search engine (or any of the words associated with it), do a search, and sometimes what comes up, can also give you ideas.

Keep an open mind and think OUTSIDE the box. In other words, don't confine yourself to conventional ways of looking at something, but instead, try to come up with extreme and completely opposite ways of looking at something.

Hope this helps and good luck.
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