Brainstorming is an exercise used to explore new ideas and generate possible material for a project. Such projects include creative writing (such as fiction, screenwriting or poetry), critical essays (such as an analysis of literature) or research material (such as scientific experiments). The goal of brainstorming is to free oneself from the typical method of thinking and allow the mind to .
wander freely, taking loose associations between concepts and branching out into new areas of thought.
An example brainstorming could come from the writers' room of a television show. Once the executive producer determines the overall goals for a show's season, the writers typically gather to outline individual episodes. This involves exploring possible subplots and storylines that develop over multiple episodes.
Another example could include brainstorming possible topics for a thesis statement by picking words or phrases at random from a text and free associating new interpretations of that information.
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