Comments on: Clear Thinking, Clear Writing http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:39:23 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By:   Writing Workshop Notes: BlogHer 2008 — contentious.com http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-1222890   Writing Workshop Notes: BlogHer 2008 — contentious.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:01:59 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing#comment-1222890 [...] Inspiration and motivation [...] [...] Inspiration and motivation [...]

]]> By: silvana http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-58 silvana Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing#comment-58 I liked your suggestions...and discovered, as I'm mainly a teacher and teacher trainer, not strictly a writer, that my best Aha moments are those in which I get the 'big picture' of my work in progress with other people learning, sharing ideas and 'constructing'. Silvana I liked your suggestions…and discovered, as I’m mainly a teacher and teacher trainer, not strictly a writer, that my best Aha moments are those in which I get the ‘big picture’ of my work in progress with other people learning, sharing ideas and ‘constructing’.

Silvana

]]> By: Mac Stevenson http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Mac Stevenson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing#comment-59 29 October 2003 I enjoyed your article on "aha" moments. I've found it's vital to get these precious thoughts down when they come to you, or they'll be gone as surely as a puff of smoke. I have a method that some of your readers might like to try. A lot of these thoughts come to me while I'm in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. I keep a tape recorder next to my bed on a stand. It has a corded microphone attached to it with an off-on button. The recorder is always set to record; in other words, all I have to do is click the microphone button to on and it's recording. When I have an idea or thought I don't want to lose, I record it right then. It's easy to do in the dark. And it's there the next morning when you need it. Mac Stevenson E-mail: macsteve@kans.com 29 October 2003

I enjoyed your article on “aha” moments. I’ve found it’s vital to get these precious thoughts down when they come to you, or they’ll be gone as surely as a puff of smoke.

I have a method that some of your readers might like to try. A lot of these thoughts come to me while I’m in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. I keep a tape recorder next to my bed on a stand. It has a corded microphone attached to it with an off-on button. The recorder is always set to record; in other words, all I have to do is click the microphone button to on and it’s recording. When I have an idea or thought I don’t want to lose, I record it right then. It’s easy to do in the dark. And it’s there the next morning when you need it.

Mac Stevenson
E-mail: macsteve@kans.com

]]> By: JBonnet http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-60 JBonnet Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing#comment-60 Most of my Aha! moments happend while I'm in my morning bath :-S... I absolutely agree with you on this article. I am currently more on the mode 'Am I stuck, am I not'. This is a harder problem... Also: it is impressive how time pressure can give you (some) "Aha!". But not allways... Regards, JB Most of my Aha! moments happend while I’m in my morning bath :-S…

I absolutely agree with you on this article. I am currently more on the mode ‘Am I stuck, am I not’. This is a harder problem…

Also: it is impressive how time pressure can give you (some) “Aha!”. But not allways…

Regards,
JB

]]> By: Martin Turner http://www.contentious.com/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Martin Turner Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://contentious.com/archives/2003/10/27/clear-thinking-clear-writing#comment-61 Hey! That was on the mark, and interesting. Hey! That was on the mark, and interesting.

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