Mind+Mapping

 To help you get started, I have posted a link to a site where Michelle Thompson, a young writer, has done this same exercise. You can either follow the model she used or use one of your own, which I have previously approved.**
 * [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:H5uuQWwhsQVt_M%3Ahttp://www.uta.edu/publications/utamagazine/spring_2008/images/deep_thinkers.jpg width="98" height="115" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uta.edu/publications/utamagazine/spring_2008/images/deep_thinkers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uta.edu/publications/utamagazine/spring_2008/index.php%3Fid%3D588&usg=__In2TXzHVqUyIMwhd9bkfACozDqM=&h=294&w=250&sz=19&hl=en&start=15&sig2=Pq8wLy9t22MBeRh5doRUGw&itbs=1&tbnid=H5uuQWwhsQVt_M:&tbnh=115&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthinkers%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=OYwXS8DbKYOtlAf10-WWAw"]]As we have discussed in class, mind maps can be used to generate, develop, and link single ideas to larger concepts or stories. For this activity, take an idea you have, or a couple of sentences you feel could be part of a larger story, and turn it into the outline for a novel.
 * http://juicedonwriting.com/517/mindmapping-to-prepare-for-a-novel/]]

Below I have posted an article on how to use mind mapping and several other strategies to get through writer's block: http://hubpages.com/hub/5-Creative-Writing-Exercises-To-Get-You-Through-Writers-Block

The following is a link to an article on other ways to use mind mapping to aid in the writing process: http://www.ehow.com/how_2118963_use-mind-maps-creative-brainstorming.html