Brainstorming.  Two or more grey matter clouds bounce thought energy off each other until creative thunder shoots a bolt of an idea toward the page.

At some point in your writing career, you’re likely to run into a snag in your work-in-progress.  Whether it’s at the beginning, where you can’t decide the hero’s career, or in the middle sag when you aren’t sure if the best path for the heroine is A or B, or you’ve reached the end and need to decide how best to wrap it up – any of these scenarios could be helped by brainstorming through it.

Some writers use their critique partners for brainstorming.  Others might have specific brainstorming buddies.  Still others might turn to their beta readers for help, or a trusted friend or their spouse.  Regardless of where you find it, the act of brainstorming can stir up your creative juices and give you more ideas than you know what to do with.  And one of the most wonderful moments is when you help yourself by helping someone else.

So come to our group brainstorming session.  Bring your snags and your grey matter and join the fun!

Jeanine Spikes is a ‘graduate’ of the Maine RWA Annual Retreat Brainstorming Sessions and frequent contributor to their brainstorming loop, where it’s said she is acquiring a fan base.

Upcoming Meetings:

January 8, 2011: eReader Round Table

February 5, 2011: TBA

March 5, 2011: Donna Russo Morin “Researching the Historical Novel”

April 2, 2011: Nina Pierce “Writing Short”

May 7, 2011: Jo Anne Ferguson

June 4, 2011: TBA