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DO YOU NEED A NEW, UNIQUE STORY IDEA? Do you feel like it's missing some magic ingredient that makes you addicted to writing it? If so, don't worry-you're not alone. Lots of writers feel this way, even if they really LOVE their book and have "done everything right." If the thrill is gone… it's time to brainstorm new ideas! In this video, I'm sharing my favorite prompts for brainstorming NEW IDEAS, guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing and give you a springboard to explore new possibilities for your book. Grab a notebook and let's brainstorm together!

StickySorter is a program created in the Microsoft Labs, concentrating on allowing the user to create and sort multiple simple sticky notes, and share these as sorted. The process in gathering multiple sticky notes and organising them is based on the affinity diagramming process used by project teams all over the world for brainstorming and organising ideas.

Jurgen Wolff has written for television (including "Family Ties", "Benson", and "The Love Boat"), movies, print, and the web. In addition to writing, he's a writing coach, creativity expert, and hypnotherapist who shares his thoughts on brainstorming, maintaining focus, and the writing process on his blog.

The University of Guelph provides this resource page, with links through to overviews over the writing process, brainstorming and developing ideas, structuring, thesis focus, overcoming writers block. Slanted to the university student, there is still much here for the new writer.

ConceptDraw MindMap - purchaseable MindMapping software, for Mac and Windows. Integrates with MS Office and project management software.

A web app for mind mapping which requires no browser plug-ins , can share, export and publish your mind maps from the app and all is free and unlimited

XMind is opensource mindmapping software, with a Pro version also. There are drilldown, workgroup and multiple sheet functions and the audio notes make this appealing for collobarative mindmaps.