The list of ideas as they pop into your head is something I find particularly useful because thought provoking nuggets of inspiration are EVERYWHERE! And ever so often, I would find separate ideas from the list actually playing off of each other to create a cool juxtaposition that would ignite an even cooler idea for an article! Of course, genius that I am, I only applied this tactic for my work-related articles, and never for when I, you know, just write-write. That booboo has since been rectified. Many thanks, Jon!