A sometimes very helpful way to discover new ideas is by using a contrast system where you list the differences in a story. Dee in "Everyday Use" is used as an example backed up with exerpts from the story listed under two columns, the "Plus: Likable" and "Minus: Not Likable" headings. Putting contrasting observations side by side can be helpful, and will help your writing. Either column in this example could be used as a basis for your argument, or you could use both on the argument that the character is neither completely positive or negative. This is a helpful habit of promoting thought and discovering ideas; it can lead to new perspectives that aren't immediatly obvious to you.
I thought that this idea could possible be helpful. I haven't tried this method and so I cannot say if it works, or doesn't, but it seems like it could. As for developing new ideas and such, I think that it slightly exaggerates, and that with this method you are just rewriting and organizing information from the story. All of these articles seem a bit pompous and presumptuous, each article seems to think that their way is the best and only way and that it works for everyone. This view point annoys me.
Thank you Kailey!
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