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You might think that creatives as diverse as Internet entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, industrial design firm Studio 7.5, and bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami would have little in common. In fact, the tenets that guide how they – and exceptionally productive creatives across the board – make ideas happen are incredibly similar. Here are 10 laws of productivity we’ve consistently observed among serial idea executors:

10 Laws of Productivity

http://99u.com/articles/6585/10-laws-of-productivity

Tension

http://absolutewrite.com/novels/tension.htm Hook Your Readers With Tension By Laura Backes, Write4Kids.com Tension. Without it, life would be—let's face it—boring.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/201002/5-ways-not-write-novel

5 Ways Not to Write a Novel

Writing a novel? There's first-draft flow, and there's editing flow. And then there comes a time when you think you might be done, yet the manuscript is still not quite "there."
Hmmm...

English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers

English 50 Exercises for Story Writers

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/assign/e50xs1.htm

50 MORE Journal Writing Prompts | TomSlatin.com

50 MORE Journal Writing Prompts http://www.tomslatin.com/50-more-journal-writing-prompts/

A Simple Novel Outline – 9 questions for 25 chapters « H.E. Roulo

http://www.fracturedhorizonnovel.com/2011/05/02/a-simple-novel-outline-9-questions-for-25-chapters/ Just as every tree is different but still recognizably a tree, every story is different but contains elements that make it a story.