tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post116768868128772915..comments2024-03-28T05:00:30.169-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Liability of LiteracyLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1167802891213183872007-01-03T00:41:00.000-05:002007-01-03T00:41:00.000-05:00Yes, there is a downside to considering an issue d...Yes, there is a downside to considering an issue dealt with if it's written down...when you miss doing it in real life and have to deal with the consequences. I've certainly learned lessons like that. <BR/><BR/>After spending a few months doing a practise of capturing all my wild ideas, I found that most of them weren't as usable as I had hoped. Or they were interesting ideas, but I just didn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1167794315673658192007-01-02T22:18:00.000-05:002007-01-02T22:18:00.000-05:00Nan--the article (and your posting) make an excell...Nan--the article (and your posting) make an excellent point--if your memory is all you have to rely on--then it's going to be a finely honed machine. I wish I had the memory capacity of the bards. But experience has proven that I don't.<BR/><BR/>Of course, though, we've all known people who had to-do lists as long as their arm and they still don't remember to get anything done. :-) There is a badAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1167792045416612812007-01-02T21:40:00.000-05:002007-01-02T21:40:00.000-05:00LOL, Jeff, but thanks for sharing the serious expe...LOL, Jeff, but thanks for sharing the serious experience of a writer's creative process. You make it vividly clear how important it is to capture those flashes of inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-1167749459439229152007-01-02T09:50:00.000-05:002007-01-02T09:50:00.000-05:00It's a good thing I'm not required to memorize epi...It's a good thing I'm not required to memorize epics. <BR/><BR/>The bane of my existence as a writer is not having something to write on when I've had an idea for a character, or for an improvement to the plot, or to untangle a mess I've written. Flashes of inspiration are often just that--a flash that comes in the early morning hours, or when i'm about to fall asleep or wake up, or when I'm in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com