1.Think for a half hour a day exclusively on one subject. You can start off by thinking about a single subject for five minutes a day, then increase the period daily until you reach a half hour.
每天花一個小時集中想一件事。開始的時候,你可以每天試著花5分鐘,慢慢積累直到1個小時。
2.Write a letter or speak for 15 minutes without using the words I, me, my and mine.
寫一封信或者說一段話,不準用"我","我們","我的".
3.Have someone doodle a line for you, then challenge yourself to make a variety of cartoons based on that one line. Don't resort to drawing faces, though--those are usually too easy!
讓別人給你畫一條線,你試著沿這條線畫漫畫,不要只想著畫一個人臉,那太簡單了。
4.Take a familiar outline and challenge yourself to come up with drawings that could fit within that outline.
畫一個大概,沿著這個輪廓作畫。
5.Combine ideas. Choose two random objects, and describe each one in detail. What does it look like?
描述兩個任意事物,試著找出之間的聯系。
6.Keep a journal, describing everything you do and feel with metaphors.
將每天發生的事情和接觸到的人用暗喻修辭手法寫下來。
7.Write a list of basic questions, such as 'What is your name?', 'Where are you from?', What did you do last Thursday?' Try to come up with at least 10 questions.
試著寫出10個問題,例如"你叫什么名字?","你從哪里來?"
8.Play word association games. It helps to have someone willing to play along, but if no one will, you can do this alone.
玩猜字游戲。如果別人和你一起更好,自己也可以一個人玩。
9.See how long you can talk (and make sense!) without using a common word, like 'and','but', 'the' or 'that'.
看看不用"和","但是","那個"和"就是"這樣常見的詞,你可以說多少正確的話。
10.Try to jot down a few ideas every day. They may be dumb, or they may only seem dumb.
每天試著想一些新的想法,就算是愚蠢的也不要緊。