Hot Wiring Your Cre­ative Process is a book by Curt Cloniger. I skimmed it recently. (I read parts. Non-fiction is hard to read all the way through these days, unless the con­tent is excep­tional.)

One of the use­ful parts sug­gests mak­ing lit­tle cards with con­cepts on them to stim­u­late your think­ing. The ideas can be actions or thoughts. The idea is to pull out a few when you are fac­ing a cre­ative block.

My friend Ed made some lit­tle notes — with­out even read­ing the book. (I’m guess­ing on that point.) Some of his ideas: “Sort out 3 things to go to a char­ity shop” and “Scan in a pattern”.

I hope to make some lit­tle notes for myself, along those lines. Maybe I’ll make them dig­i­tally rather than on paper. I have too much paper in my life right now.

By the way, that book is a bit expen­sive. I’d rec­om­mend check­ing it out from your library, rather than buy­ing it. Help your tax money go to good use!