Comments on: Finding ideas, mind-mapping, process and chaos http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/ asking questions and discovering how little I know Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-42298 Bill Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:09:56 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-42298 Thanks. As mentioned in my previous comment, it sounds more involved than it is. I agree blogs lend themselves to some degree of imperfection -- that's part of the dialogue/conversation aspect. For one thing, social media is about real time, so in order to achieve immediacy a person can't get too carried away with that back and forth I describe. Thanks. As mentioned in my previous comment, it sounds more involved than it is. I agree blogs lend themselves to some degree of imperfection — that’s part of the dialogue/conversation aspect. For one thing, social media is about real time, so in order to achieve immediacy a person can’t get too carried away with that back and forth I describe.

]]> By: Bill http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-57489 Bill Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:09:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-57489 Thanks. As mentioned in my previous comment, it sounds more involved than it is. I agree blogs lend themselves to some degree of imperfection -- that's part of the dialogue/conversation aspect. For one thing, social media is about real time, so in order to achieve immediacy a person can't get too carried away with that back and forth I describe. Thanks. As mentioned in my previous comment, it sounds more involved than it is. I agree blogs lend themselves to some degree of imperfection — that’s part of the dialogue/conversation aspect. For one thing, social media is about real time, so in order to achieve immediacy a person can’t get too carried away with that back and forth I describe.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-42286 Mark Dykeman Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:55:06 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-42286 Great post, I like the description of your processes. At times I really think that I should be editing, proofreading, and considering my blog posts in more detail before I post them. However, to me, the medium doesn't lend itself to that very well, as well as encouraging a bit of imperfection. However, for more enduring work, I'd follow a process that's very similar to yours. Great post, I like the description of your processes.

At times I really think that I should be editing, proofreading, and considering my blog posts in more detail before I post them. However, to me, the medium doesn’t lend itself to that very well, as well as encouraging a bit of imperfection. However, for more enduring work, I’d follow a process that’s very similar to yours.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-57488 Mark Dykeman Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:55:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-57488 Great post, I like the description of your processes. At times I really think that I should be editing, proofreading, and considering my blog posts in more detail before I post them. However, to me, the medium doesn't lend itself to that very well, as well as encouraging a bit of imperfection. However, for more enduring work, I'd follow a process that's very similar to yours. Great post, I like the description of your processes.

At times I really think that I should be editing, proofreading, and considering my blog posts in more detail before I post them. However, to me, the medium doesn’t lend itself to that very well, as well as encouraging a bit of imperfection. However, for more enduring work, I’d follow a process that’s very similar to yours.

]]> By: Bill http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-42259 Bill Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:26:28 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-42259 It probably sounds more involved than it actually is. The back and forth is also partly poor attention span and an inability to sit still. But it's also because long before digital I did things the analogue way so both are comfortable for me. As for polish etc., a quick look through my posts will show they often lack that polish and cohesion you mention. But the nice thing about blogs etc. is that nothing has to be the final word. You can always revisit in another post and in a sense revise. "Last week I was writing about ..." So thoughts, as they evolve, can be stated or added to. It probably sounds more involved than it actually is. The back and forth is also partly poor attention span and an inability to sit still. But it’s also because long before digital I did things the analogue way so both are comfortable for me.

As for polish etc., a quick look through my posts will show they often lack that polish and cohesion you mention. But the nice thing about blogs etc. is that nothing has to be the final word. You can always revisit in another post and in a sense revise. “Last week I was writing about …” So thoughts, as they evolve, can be stated or added to.

]]> By: Bill http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-57487 Bill Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-57487 It probably sounds more involved than it actually is. The back and forth is also partly poor attention span and an inability to sit still. But it's also because long before digital I did things the analogue way so both are comfortable for me. As for polish etc., a quick look through my posts will show they often lack that polish and cohesion you mention. But the nice thing about blogs etc. is that nothing has to be the final word. You can always revisit in another post and in a sense revise. "Last week I was writing about ..." So thoughts, as they evolve, can be stated or added to. It probably sounds more involved than it actually is. The back and forth is also partly poor attention span and an inability to sit still. But it’s also because long before digital I did things the analogue way so both are comfortable for me.

As for polish etc., a quick look through my posts will show they often lack that polish and cohesion you mention. But the nice thing about blogs etc. is that nothing has to be the final word. You can always revisit in another post and in a sense revise. “Last week I was writing about …” So thoughts, as they evolve, can be stated or added to.

]]> By: Tzaddi http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-42258 Tzaddi Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:01:56 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-42258 Bill, it's interesting to hear how involved your process is. I tend not to mix the digital and the analogue very much. Perhaps I should try that more. I often feel like my posts are lacking some polish or cohesion... like maybe there's a point I didn't quite express. And then after I hit publish I think of things I might have said better or differently. (Much like conversations offline!) Maybe I would get past this if I worked on them in more iterations or on paper as well as onscreen. Bill, it’s interesting to hear how involved your process is. I tend not to mix the digital and the analogue very much. Perhaps I should try that more.

I often feel like my posts are lacking some polish or cohesion… like maybe there’s a point I didn’t quite express. And then after I hit publish I think of things I might have said better or differently. (Much like conversations offline!) Maybe I would get past this if I worked on them in more iterations or on paper as well as onscreen.

]]> By: Tzaddi http://writelife.net/2010/01/31/finding-ideas-mind-mapping-process-and-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-57486 Tzaddi Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:01:00 +0000 http://writelife.net/?p=2059#comment-57486 Bill, it's interesting to hear how involved your process is. I tend not to mix the digital and the analogue very much. Perhaps I should try that more. I often feel like my posts are lacking some polish or cohesion... like maybe there's a point I didn't quite express. And then after I hit publish I think of things I might have said better or differently. (Much like conversations offline!) Maybe I would get past this if I worked on them in more iterations or on paper as well as onscreen. Bill, it’s interesting to hear how involved your process is. I tend not to mix the digital and the analogue very much. Perhaps I should try that more.

I often feel like my posts are lacking some polish or cohesion… like maybe there’s a point I didn’t quite express. And then after I hit publish I think of things I might have said better or differently. (Much like conversations offline!) Maybe I would get past this if I worked on them in more iterations or on paper as well as onscreen.

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