Table of Contents

Introduction: Your Mind is Bigger Than You Think

Part One: The Six Secrets to Freewriting
Chapter 1. Secret #1: Try Easy
Chapter 2. Secret #2: Write Fast and Continuously
Chapter 3. Secret #3: Work Against a Limit
Chapter 4. Secret #4: Write the Way You Think
Chapter 5. Secret #5: Go With the Thought
Chapter 6. Secret #6: Redirect Your Attention

Part Two: Powerful Refinements
Chapter 7. Idea as Product
Chapter 8. Prompt Your Thinking
Chapter 9. Open Up Words
Chapter 10. Escape Your Own Intelligence
Chapter 11. The Value in Disconnecting
Chapter 12. Using Assumptions to Get Unstuck
Chapter 13. Getting a Hundred Ideas is Easier Than Getting One
Chapter 14. Learn to Love Lying
Chapter 15. Hold a Paper Conversation
Chapter 16. Drop Your Mind on Paper
Chapter 17. The Writing Marathon
Chapter 18. Doubt Yourself
Chapter 19. The Magic of Exact Writing
Chapter 20. Extract Gold from a Business Book
Chapter 21. You Are What You Focus On

Part Three: Going Public
Chapter 22. Sharing Your Unfinished Thoughts
Chapter 23. Help Others Do Their Best Thinking
Chapter 24. Notice Stories Everywhere
Chapter 25. Build an Inventory of Thoughts
Chapter 26. Write Your Own Rules
Chapter 27. The Fascination Method
Chapter 28. Freewrite Your Way to Finished Prose
Notes
Acknowledgments
About Mark Levy

About the Author

Mark Levy is the founder of the marketing strategy firm Levy Innovation. He has written for the New York Times, has authored or cocreated five books, and has taught writing at Rutgers University.

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