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Subject Libguides: Writing Your Paper: Brainstorming Tips

Sample Techniques of Brainstorming:

Below are some examples of brainstorming. Each individual selects the best method of brainstorming that works themselves. The list below shares ideas of types of brainstorming listed and unlisted. 

Brain Writing:
  • Participants in the group write/share down their ideas on paper with a question without talking
  • Each participant  passes their idea to the next person whou uses them to add or refine their own ideas or topics.
Figure Storming
  • Place yourself in someone else's shoes
  • Think how would they approach a process and what they come up with 
Online Brainstorming (Brain-netting)
  • Known as "electronic brainstorming'
  • uses internet to share and develop ideas
  • Groups that use it has a leader that guides direction and encourages direction
Round Robin Brainstorming
  • A group generates and develops ideas in grou brainstorming.
  • Each group member contributes ideas or thoughts verbal or written
Starbursting
  • Focues on generating questions to explore topics or ideas
Freewriting
  • A prewriting technique where one writes for a certian amount of time without concerns of grammar, sentence structure etc. 
  • This technique uses writing out all ideas and thoughts which becomes focused after reviewing ideas to a focused topic
Ven Diagrams
  •  Begin by adding a descriptive title at the top of the page
  • Create 2 circles overlapping each other. 
  • Label each circle that it represents
  • Enter the similarities and differences in each section of the circle