Tonight I did a quick stocktake of the ideas I have so far on the Particles project.
Seventeen.
Seventeen sketches and ideas that I've put down so far.
But wait… what's this? A duplicate?!? Gah, I forgot that I'd renamed one of the ideas after it developed into something that no longer fit the title. Oh.
Sixteen.
And all of a sudden, two more ideas came tumbling out. Why does this always happen near or after midnight?
Eighteen.
That sounds better.
So there it is. Eighteen to date. Most are still in the formative stages. One is actually just an idea in word form that I noted down a month ago. Gladly, I jotted down a reference so that I'll be able to decipher where I was initially going with that one. And here's the thing that I'm finding to be the most important part of the process…
Take notes immediately
Jot down ideas as soon as possible, using whatever is at hand. Give as much detail as possible. One of the most helpful ways I've found to note down ideas is to record them (discreetly if possible) straight into Evernote using my mobile phone. Evernote then syncs the recording/notes/etc to its server and then to my computer. Easy.