However writing creatively could be harder than scientific writing something because creativity is one thing but making sense of the mess -yes I said it- for the reader to comprehend is another problem. One tip I learned from Sondra and Mimi's multiple starting strategies is the "cluster" technique, where one word is placed in the center of the page and you have another world that "you" associate with the starter word, and so on. For example, the word [chocolate] could linked to [memories] with a line, then this [valentine], but could also stop at valentine --and restart at chocolate again with another word of association. At the end of the trip you will have a web of words that connect in such a way that could generate a story, essay, or piece of your creativity on paper.
Another tip, which I found to be really helpful is to look at an object and let you mind follow a long train of numerous topics that stem from just looking and a big curiosity. Let's start -- look at the nearest thing to you. I am looking at a dry eraser marker on the metal holder of the white board. What are you looking at? Based on the marker, I am thinking that in my dorm, at Couzens, there are these annoying boys going around people doors and writing stupid things like, "human milk is better" or "drawing pictures with 'other' connotations other than a smiley face." Then this thought branched other of the time I purchased the set of market and white board on Amazon.com; and then to the time I over used my credit card (my mom was mad and way where around it); this road map is an excite way to test the gears before driving forward compared to backwards --and into a ditch.
