[stylist] What's on your mind?

[David Andrews]

A double-sided slate is one that allows you to write on both sides of 
a piece of Braille paper.

Dave

At 11:11 PM 11/18/2012, you wrote:
>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?
> > Message-ID: <4AFF25CE1FF24474BC23B03736B136FF at Lambert>
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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!