[stylist] What's on your mind?

[Eve Sanchez]

Bridgit, I do have a slate and style, but must ask (and feel stupid doing
so) what is a double sided slate? Am I missing out on something? Eve

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Lynda,
>
> I'm a little like Chris in that I tend to not write every idea down.
> First, as long as I don't release the idea from my head, it tends to
> stay there, and second, when I feel the need to write an idea down, it's
> one of my more involved ideas. Sometimes I just have a name or word
> stuck in my head, a lot of the time I have a single scene in my head.
> These can leave lasting impressions on me despite the lack of info.
> These ideas I rarely jot down though unless I have a strong enough
> feeling, but as I said, until I actually write it down, it usually stays
> in my head. Most my ideas come from dreams. I have very involved dreams,
> often weird and crazy, but involved. I tend to recall every moment of my
> dreams, so this helps. I have used the digital recorder on my Victor
> Stream to jot ideas down, and I use my laptop too. I also always carry a
> double-sided slate to jot things down on.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:08:27 -0500
> From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] What's on your mind?
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> For everyone,
>
> For those of you on FaceBook, you know that the message bar greets you
> every day.  Mine looks like this:
>
> " Lynda McKinney Lambert,
> "What's on your Mind? "
>
> Today, there are a couple of questions on my mind.  Instead of posting
> them on my FB page, I will ask them here on the writer's list.
>
> On my mind,  are TWO questions today.
> This is  what I am  thinking about lately.
>  I wonder how you manage to do two things.
>
> One:
> my "flashes" of inspiration come all the time when I am doing other
> things and cannot get them down on paper or on the computer.  Often, if
> the flash of inspiration is not captured, it is gone.  How do you
> capture the thoughts you have at those moments when you are maybe on a
> treadmill or working out at the gym; walking the dogs in the park;
> riding in a car or traveling; speaking with a friend; etc.
> My memory fails me if I don't grab and idea when I have it. How does
> this work for you?
>
> Two:
> Where do you store these "flashes" or "titles" for yet unwritten work so
> you can go back and use them later to begin the writing?
>
> For the second question, here is how I am currently doing it. I am
> curious if I could be doing it more efficiently - any ideas?
>
> Once a thought captures  my attention for awhile, I put it in a computer
> file. I list it under the title or in a sentence form.  I have a list of
> such unwritten titles for pieces, saved individually as word documents.
>
>
> For example:  Aubergine;
> May Morning; Moon Girl with Stars; Mitered Shells; the Morning Mail,
> etc.
>
> In time  I have additional thoughts on a particular title. I will go
> back into that file many times and put  my research notes, and
> accumulated  ideas.  It is like putting money in a savings account; it
> all adds up eventually. In my way of working, it nearly always begins
> with just one word that stays with me and haunts my thoughts over a long
> period of time. But, I think if I had not written down that word,
> initially, it would have left and gone to the next person who is paying
> attention to it. Words are like that. Fickle!
>
>
>
>  Lynda Lambert,MFA
>
>
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