[stylist] What's on your mind?

Mon Nov 19 14:23:39 UTC 2012

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] What's on your mind?

Hmmm. Can't really picture it. Sounds convenient though. Is it bigger than
the six lines provided by what I have? I hate having to move it over and
over. Eve

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:23 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> 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/<http://blogs.livewell
nebraska.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: <**4AFF25CE1FF24474BC23B03736B136**FF at Lambert>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1"
>> >
>> > 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!
>>
>
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