Anatomy of Ideas: Inspiration, Discovery, and Creation

In this exploratory session, award-winning writer Eric Witchey will discuss the notion and creation of ideas: What ideas are, how they work, how to create them, and when and how to apply the processes of idea generation. You’ll explore processes for taking any story-in-progress and finding a way to exploit its various aspects to create a compelling, completed tale. By the end, you’ll understand the difference between an idea and a thought; the three idea modalities and how to use them; and how all three modalities can be used during inception, composition, revision, and polish of any story.