Brainstorming is incredibly useful

I’ve been filming, editing, and releasing one video a week on YouTube since last July.

Thinking of ideas for videos can be difficult. Sometimes you think of a great idea for a video or you have someone ask you a question about music and then realize that’s a good video idea. But sometimes it can be hard to find ideas. The main thing I’ve found to get around this problem is brainstorming.

I have a notebook where I keep notes for what to mention in each video. That way they sound coherent and have some structure.

In that same notebook I’ll brainstorm as many ideas as I can think of. I’ll put a timer on for a few minutes and write down whatever comes to mind. I don’t do any editing. I just write. Even if I don’t think it’s a good video idea I’ll write it down.

Maybe I’ll write three pages of ideas and I’ll only find three ideas that I’ll use. That’s still a success to me. I have three useful ideas and it only took me a few minutes to find them.

But the main thing to do when brainstorming is to KEEP WRITING. Write everything down. Even if you don’t think it’s good. Write it down anyways. You can cross it off later, but your job when brainstorming is just to write as much as possible.

Try it out sometime. I bet you’ll be surprised at how useful it can be.

ISJ