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- From: gleasont@lonex.rl.af.mil (Todd C. Gleason)
- Subject: Re: Bad Places to have Good Ideas
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.115837.16280@lonex.rl.af.mil>
- Organization: RL
- References: <1992Jul23.171106.17913@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Jul24.160156.22858@linus.mitre.org> <1992Jul27.170819.662@ee.ubc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 11:58:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.170819.662@ee.ubc.ca> daveg@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Gagne) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul24.160156.22858@linus.mitre.org> cgates@mitre.org (Curt Gates) writes:
- >
- >>If the ideas were coming as images, rather than words, you only need to
- >>intensify the images, enhancing the colors, shapes, and detail.
- >
- >Tried that before too. The problem with that is that the idea(s)
- >keep expanding and expanding. I have come close to plotting entire stories
- >in the shower, but by the time I get to the end of the story, I have
- >forgotten the beginning.
-
- Don't you just wish you could record those thought patterns the way a computer
- saves files, and then recall them when you get anything resembling writer's
- block? Perhaps even index them according to need, cross-reference--the
- disorganized writer's database dream!
-
- "Wouldn't that be great?"
-
- (Actually, I think all the professional writers have systems to keep their
- information flowing like a well-oiled machine--many, at least. I'm working
- on getting my ideas as consolidated as possible myself. There really is
- almost no way to keep it all in your head!)
-
- --
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