# Name kinds of ideas?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-kinds-of-ideas/727811 "2015-08-14T05:27:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![lothlorientos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@lothlorientos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothlorientos)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-kinds-of-ideas/727811/1 "2015-08-14T05:27:09Z")

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Ok, so I’m working on a school project in which I need to find kinds of ideas an ways to develop them. Can you name some kinds of ideas and maybe if you want to also add a way that helps you develop that kind of ideas?

For example:  
1)Ideas for the plot of a book you are writing - (ways to develop) read about some real events  
2)Ideas for a painting - go visit some museums  
3)Ideas for making a video for youtube - watch other videos and take ideass  
and so on…

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-kinds-of-ideas/727811/2 "2015-08-14T06:15:39Z")

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I heartily recommend the works of Edward De Bono on this topic - in particular, a book called Serious Creativity - he explores what are essentially mechanistic processes for generating ideas and creative solutions to problems.

Or you could try my [invention dice](http://atomicshrimp.com/post/2014/01/20/Invention-Dice).

(I’m not going to list specific ideas, because I think that would violate the homework help rule that is in place on this board).

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**Author:** ![lothlorientos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@lothlorientos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothlorientos)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-kinds-of-ideas/727811/3 "2015-08-14T06:21:47Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I heartily recommend the works of Edward De Bono on this topic - in particular, a book called Serious Creativity - he explores what are essentially mechanistic processes for generating ideas and creative solutions to problems.
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> Or you could try my [invention dice](http://atomicshrimp.com/post/2014/01/20/Invention-Dice).
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> (I’m not going to list specific ideas, because I think that would violate the homework help rule that is in place on this board).

Thank you very much!! 😃  
I’ll try the book you recommended me. 😉  
And btw the dice idea is BRILIANT! Well done! 😉

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-kinds-of-ideas/727811/4 "2015-08-14T13:43:42Z")

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