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I would argue against writing all ideas down on paper.
Whats the point in writing something down before it fully gestates? Writing it down will cause it to not develop any further, rendering it useless. People don't think in writing, they think in thoughts. Leave it in the brain and it matures, put it down on paper and it dies.
Write it down after it matures.
Thats all I have to say. Just don't shortchange yourself by writing it down too early. Think until you cannot think anymore, then write it down.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
Each writer comes to their own working habits individually. what doesn't work for you might be just the thin for someone else.
I keep a notebook with me at all times and write every random idea, thought, line, image that pops into my head at any given time. If writing it down causes you to not develop it further, that's something that cannot be argued or even discussed.
But for me writing it down immediately is the way I organize my thoughts. Once one pops out at me I write more and more - it matures in the writing. For me. Your method would kill my creativity.
Writers don't think in thoughts, they think in writing. But even as I write that I realize I'm wrong. YOU don't think in writing and you are still a writer. So maybe people (some people) think in writing. Possible?
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
I dunno, I think its rather doubtful.
I mean, who thinks in writing, with punctuation and actually words?
Noone. Its impossible, we think fluidly, putting it down breaks it up and disrupts the flow.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
I also write down snippets and thoughts. I know I'll forget things because the day job can be all-consuming some times. Later I can read through the snippets and often additional snippets come forth. I've had ideas for two different screenplays that I was adding snippets to that suddenly merged into one.
Creativity still happens, it is just different.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
