A Conversation for Writing Right with Dmitri: Organising Your Thoughts

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Post 1

minorvogonpoet

smiley - goodluck with your advanced history lesson.


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Post 2

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Thanks. smiley - hug


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Post 3

Peanut

Yes good luck Dmitri smiley - goodluck and smiley - hug

Mr Evans sounds like a very cool teacher and the 'Ye Gods and little fishes' make me smiley - laugh

As you know I don't write much but if I am called upon to write an essay my bibliography is my outline.

It goes like this read, read, read, until my head is going to explode. While I am reading I am referencing, which sources explain what key points best under 'useful' and the ones that don't put down as 'read'

I knock up the useful list into some sort of order and that is my outline.


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Post 4

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - smiley That's a good way to do it, Peanut.


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Post 5

Peanut

Well as you say it is a start,

and for me somewhat of a touch stone when I have
-the odd rain of thought
- or follow up interesting tangents to a nth degree
-and then there is just the odd 'distraction(blur)avoidance' tactic of this is really useful but I don't know how yet, while my brain is going I know exactly what I want to say in this introduction but I just can't put it bloody succinctly arghh

smiley - biggrin




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Post 6

Peanut

Hey there Dmitri

I hope it is going ok, is the end in sight yet?

smiley - hug


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Post 7

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Oh, no, it's a several-month project. smiley - rofl

But I got one document finished last night, and had a grat sense of satisfaction. smiley - winkeye


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Post 8

minorvogonpoet

It's that middle section that's hardest. When you've got past the excitement of the beginning but not reached the satisfaction of the end. It's easy to smiley - zzz or feel smiley - blue

And, at least in fiction, it's not as easy to say what the middle section is supposed to do. smiley - erm


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