Writing is a private act that translates to a public expression. There are many different ways to brainstorm. Some of these ways include a mind map, concept map, free writing, and word lists. Mind maps give visual form to ideas. It is started with a word in the center and then you branch out with words that are associations or relate to the starter word. This process works well for visual people because you can attach pictures or descriptions to the words. Concept maps are similar to mind maps. They show the relationship between concepts. Free writing is similar to keeping a journal but focuses on a more specific idea or question. Free writing can be helpful to a designer in a way of just getting ideas written down. Word lists are useful because most people are used to putting things in lists to begin with. It is an easy way to organize information and ideas.
Word list for No Country for Old Men
Hunt
Desert
Windy
Country
Vast
Dark
Guns
Bullets
Luck
Chance
Hot
Sunny
Hunter
Hunted
Veteran soldier
Hiding
Predator
Prey
Dry
Old
Defeat
Track Down
Rural Area
Shadow
Silhouette
Weapon
Hit man
Destiny
Fate
Devilish
Sinister
Hazard
Risk
Danger
Encounter
Target
Sun baked
Scorched
Thirsty
Waterless
Rusty
Age
Worn
Kill
Overcome
Escape
Get Away
Vicious
Fear
Persistence
Perseverance
Top Ten Defined
Dark
1.
having very little or no light: a dark room.
2.
radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light: a dark color.
3.
approaching black in hue: a dark brown.
4.
not pale or fair; swarthy: a dark complexion.
5.
brunette; dark-colored: dark eyebrows.
6.
having brunette hair: She's dark but her children are blond.
7.
(of coffee) containing only a small amount of milk or cream.
8.
gloomy; cheerless; dismal: the dark days of world War II.
9.
sullen; frowning: a dark expression.
10.
evil; iniquitous; wicked: a dark plot.
11.
destitute of knowledge or culture; unenlightened.
12.
hard to understand; obscure.
13.
hidden; secret.
14.
silent; reticent.
15.
(of a theater) offering no performances; closed: The theaters in this town are dark on Sundays.
16.
Phonetics .
a.
(of an l- sound) having back-vowel resonance; situated after a vowel in the same syllable. Compare clear ( def. 24a ) .
b.
(of a speech sound) of dull quality; acoustically damped.
–noun
17.
the absence of light; darkness: I can't see well in the dark.
18.
night; nightfall: Please come home before dark.
19.
a dark place.
20.
a dark color.
–verb (used with object)
21.
to make dark; darken.
–verb (used without object)
22.
Obsolete . to grow dark; darken.
—Idioms
23.
in the dark,
a.
in ignorance; uninformed: He was in the dark about their plans for the evening.
b.
in secrecy; concealed; obscure.
24.
keep dark, to keep as a secret; conceal: They kept their political activities dark.
—Synonyms
1. Dark, dim, obscure, gloomy, murky refer to absence or insufficiency of light. Dark implies a more or less complete absence of light: a dark night. Dim implies faintness of light or indistinctness of form (resulting from the lack of light or from imperfect vision): a dim outline. Obscure implies dimness that may arise also from factors that interfere with light or vision: obscure because of haze. Gloomy means cloudy, ill-lighted, dusky: a gloomy hall. Murky implies a thick or misty darkness: murky water. 4. dusky, black. 12. recondite, abstruse.
Chance
1.
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all.
2.
luck or fortune: a game of chance.
3.
a possibility or probability of anything happening: a fifty-percent chance of success.
4.
an opportune or favorable time; opportunity: Now is your chance.
5.
Baseball . an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist.
6.
a risk or hazard: Take a chance.
7.
a share or ticket in a lottery or prize drawing: The charity is selling chances for a dollar each.
8.
chances, probability: The chances are that the train hasn't left yet.
9.
Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number (usually followed by of ).
10.
Archaic . an unfortunate event; mishap.
–verb (used without object)
11.
to happen or occur by chance: It chanced that our arrivals coincided.
–verb (used with object)
12.
to take the chances or risks of; risk (often followed by impersonal it ): I'll have to chance it, whatever the outcome.
–adjective
13.
not planned or expected; accidental: a chance occurrence.
—Verb phrase
14.
chance on / upon, to come upon by chance; meet unexpectedly: She chanced on a rare kind of mushroom during her walk through the woods.
—Idioms
15.
by chance, without plan or intent; accidentally: I met her again by chance in a department store in Paris.
16.
on the chance, in the mild hope or against the possibility: I'll wait on the chance that she'll come.
17.
on the off chance, in the very slight hope or against the very slight possibility.
—Synonyms
2. accident, fortuity. 3. contingency. 4. opening. 11. befall. See happen. 13. casual, fortuitous.
Hunter
1.
a person who hunts game or other wild animals for food or in sport.
2.
a person who searches for or seeks something: a fortune hunter.
3.
a horse specially trained for quietness, stamina, and jumping ability in hunting.
4.
an animal, as a dog, trained to hunt game.
5.
( initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Orion.
6.
Also called hunting watch. a watch with a hunting case.
Old
1.
far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
2.
of or pertaining to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age.
3.
as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old.
4.
having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old; a century-old organization.
5.
having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy.
6.
having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eight years old.
7.
having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy.
8.
long known or in use: the same old excuse.
9.
overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast.
10.
belonging to the past: the good old days.
11.
having been in existence since the distant past: a fine old family.
12.
no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model.
13.
acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent: When the new house was built, we sold the old one.
14.
of, pertaining to, or originating at an earlier period or date: old maps.
15.
prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and alaska.
16.
( initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records: Old Czech.
17.
experienced: He's an old hand at welding.
18.
of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time: an old and trusted employee.
19.
(of colors) dull, faded, or subdued: old rose.
20.
deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated: old clothes.
21.
Physical Geography . (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
22.
sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems old beyond his years.
23.
(used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization): good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy.
24.
Informal . (used as an intensive) great; uncommon: a high old time.
25.
former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his old students.
–noun
26.
( used with a plural verb ) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): appropriations to care for the old.
27.
a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination): a class for six-year-olds; a horse race for three-year-olds.
28.
old or former time, often time long past: days of old.
—Synonyms
1. Old, aged, elderly all mean well along in years. An old person has lived long, nearly to the end of the usual period of life. An aged person is very far advanced in years, and is usually afflicted with the infirmities of age. An elderly person is somewhat old, but usually has the mellowness, satisfactions, and joys of age ahead. 9. olden, early.
Defeat
1.
to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
2.
to frustrate; thwart.
3.
to eliminate or deprive of something expected: The early returns defeated his hopes of election.
4.
Law . to annul.
–noun
5.
the act of overcoming in a contest: an overwhelming defeat of all opposition.
6.
an instance of defeat; setback: He considered his defeat a personal affront.
7.
an overthrow or overturning; vanquishment: the defeat of a government.
8.
a bringing to naught; frustration: the defeat of all his hopes and dreams.
9.
the act or event of being bested; losing: Defeat is not something she abides easily.
10.
Archaic . undoing; destruction; ruin.
—Synonyms
1. overwhelm, overthrow, rout, check. Defeat, conquer, overcome, subdue imply gaining a victory or control over an opponent. Defeat suggests beating or frustrating: to defeat an enemy in battle. Conquer implies finally gaining control over, usually after a series of efforts or against systematic resistance: to conquer a country, one's inclinations. Overcome emphasizes surmounting difficulties in prevailing over an antagonist: to overcome opposition, bad habits. Subdue means to conquer so completely that resistance is broken: to subdue a rebellious spirit. 2. foil, baffle, balk. 7. downfall.
Destiny
1.
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2.
the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3.
the power or agency that determines the course of events.
4.
( initial capital letter ) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
5.
the Destinies, the Fates.
—Synonyms
1. fate, karma, kismet. 2. future.
Sinister
1.
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
2.
bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell: his sinister purposes.
3.
unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable: a sinister accident.
4.
of or on the left side; left.
5.
Heraldry . noting the side of an escutcheon or achievement of arms that is to the left of the bearer ( opposed to dexter).
—Synonyms
1. inauspicious, portentous. 3. unlucky.
Danger
1.
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
2.
an instance or cause of peril; menace.
3.
Obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain.
—Synonyms
1. Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril. Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation: To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.
Overcome
1.
to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
2.
to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses.
3.
to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with grief.
4.
Archaic . to overspread or overrun.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to gain the victory; win; conquer: a plan to overcome by any means possible.
—Synonyms
1. vanquish.
Fear
1.
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
2.
a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of heights.
3.
concern or anxiety; solicitude: a fear for someone's safety.
4.
reverential awe, especially toward god.
5.
that which causes a feeling of being afraid; that of which a person is afraid: Cancer is a common fear.
–verb (used with object)
6.
to regard with fear; be afraid of.
7.
to have reverential awe of.
8.
Archaic . to experience fear in (oneself).
–verb (used without object)
9.
to have fear; be afraid.
—Synonyms
1. apprehension, consternation, dismay, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation. Fear, alarm, dread all imply a painful emotion experienced when one is confronted by threatening danger or evil. Alarm implies an agitation of the feelings caused by awakening to imminent danger; it names a feeling of fright or panic: He started up in alarm. Fear and dread usually refer more to a condition or state than to an event. Fear is often applied to an attitude toward something, which, when experienced, will cause the sensation of fright: fear of falling. Dread suggests anticipation of something, usually a particular event, which, when experienced, will be disagreeable rather than frightening: She lives in dread of losing her money. The same is often true of fear, when used in a negative statement: She has no fear she'll lose her money. 6. apprehend, dread.
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