This is just my opinion but it works for me: When I have something I am interested in doing (side project, bigger blog post, or whatever) I just get out a piec

This is just my opinion but it works for me: When I have something I am interested in doing (side project, bigger blog post, or whatever) I just get out a piece of paper, write down the basic premise, and let it percolate in my mind a little bit. I do something else, and I've found if you are truly passionate about it that you will not stop thinking about it. Even if you're eating, out and about somewhere, or doing something totally unrelated, my brain won't stop thinking about it. I let it sit on the "back burner" and collect different ideas, trains of thought, and try to visualize what I want it to look like, or the outcome I am trying to make happen. Then after a couple days (I like to wait about 3-5 days) I sit down late at night, about 9-10pm when everyone is asleep. I get coffee, a pack of cigarettes, my headphones with pandora playing and go at it all night and generally crash when I think I have a good "skeleton" of what I want to do. Then after that, you have the basic outline of what you want and keep iterating from there. Hope this helped. Again, this is just what works for me. Best of luck on your project!