Greg B.

Lately I've been using mind maps to spark my creative thinking. What are mind maps, you ask? I think of it as "organized, visual brainstorming." Take a big sheet of paper, and draw a box or circle in the middle with a 1- or 2-word description of your idea. Then draw a line outward and write the first word that comes into your head. Continue outward from that until you exhaust all the associations. Then go back to your main concept and start another line of thought. Here's what it looks like, in the case of mind-mapping my zine character, Mighty Girl: http://redguard1.deviantart.com/art/Mighty-Girl-mind-map-74718986 For more on mind maps, check out this: http://www.diyplanner.com/node/2222