Warming up actors and observers 5. Acting out the solution 6. Cutting the action 7. As it is entirely a divergent thinking strategy, convergent thinking must be provided at later point within each stage. There are four rules of brainstorming.
All criticism is forbidden to allow for free exploration of any and all ideas.
Quantity of ideas is sought, as the more ideas are expounded, the better the likelihood becomes that useful ideas will be generated. Combining, improving on, and expanding on previous ideas is encouraged to allow for the best possibilities. Reverse Brainstorming This process involves listing ways of achieving a goal opposite of the one actually desired. What is most interesting about this process is that the ideas proposed using this technique are very often the ones currently in practice. There are many other creative thinking strategies.