[stylist] What's on your mind?

Mon Nov 19 15:24:46 UTC 2012

Cool. Thanks. Eve

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Michelle Clark <mcikeyc at aol.com> wrote:

> You can get it in full page.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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>
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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!
> >>
> >
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