Start with IdeaBank to look
up related ideas and concepts. Or
just enter a word and search through the associative databank of ideas,
words and phrases.
The
IdeaBank is an organized storehouse of more than 65,000 idea words,
phrases, and concepts familiar to modern society. The software's
cross-referencing power creates more than 775,000 direct
associations.
An association is a relationship between two concepts; for
example, between an idea word or phrase, a topical category, or a major
category and another concept. Associations trigger new ideas.
Their
power to trigger ideas can be attributed to the way in which they are
organized. The principal is simple; related ideas are grouped together.
This method of organization is patterned after the way we naturally
store information in the human brain.
It explains the common experience of
"one idea leading to another."
IdeaBank
is a hierarchical organization of subjects. The top level consists of the
most general categories and the bottom level is the most specific.
1. Major Categories
2. Topical Categories
3. Idea Words &
Phrases
Each
Major Category contains around 5 to 50 Topical Categories.
Each Topical Category contains between 300 to 2000 Idea Words
& Phrases, organized by Section Titles.
These Idea Words & Phrases are listed in the Alphabetical
Index and are associated with one or more Topical Categories.
You can enter the IdeaBank at any level of the hierarchy by selecting the
appropriate category under the IdeaBank menu.
Use
the Idea Words & Phrases command to begin the brainstorming
process by typing in a word or phrase to look up.
Your idea word will be
displayed in the Alphabetical Index. (If your word cannot be found,
IdeaFisher will display the word closest in spelling to the original idea
word entered.)
The Alphabetical
Index contains a listing of all the ideas, words, and phrases that can
be found in the IdeaBank database.
Once
you've selected an idea word in the Alphabetical Index, a window
will appear to show the associated Topical Categories.
An Idea Word
or Phrase may appear in as many as 100 different Topical Categories.
In the Topical Categories you will find associations to your
original word or phrase.
Finally, you can highlight any word
generated, double-click on it, and walk up a new hierarchy of categories
-- a process that creates a never-ending loop of associations and
ideas.
This process of recycling gives IdeaFisher its
unique power to connect a writer to his or her own experiences and
memories. IdeaFisher opens the doors to all the rooms that already
exist in your mind.
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