tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post424307518400646329..comments2024-03-23T16:56:51.852-07:00Comments on Execupundit.com: Write It DownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-5384448249182330622011-02-23T14:32:54.397-07:002011-02-23T14:32:54.397-07:00I agree Dan. Forcing your thoughts through the cru...I agree Dan. Forcing your thoughts through the crucible of writing and (even better) editing is a great way to separate the wheat from the chaff as it were.<br /><br />I try to keep a running list of "ideas" to turn into short essay form when I have time. It's often fascinating to see what comes out the other side when you jam a "brilliant" idea into the writing process.Gary Owenhttp://garythegary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-41382633448851126042011-02-23T06:58:29.053-07:002011-02-23T06:58:29.053-07:00I am convinced that most of my "brilliant ide...I am convinced that most of my "brilliant ideas" are better forgotten. However I seldom know which will be better remembered until I actually try to express it in writing. That is why I generally try to write down things when I get an idea, not so I can remember it but so I can hold it up to my own scrutiny later.<br /><br />As you are a writer, I'm certain you know what I'm talking about. I don't write except for business purposes, but when I do I always make sure I leave it to the side whenever I can, and re-read it later, when I'm not wrapped up in my own genius. Ideas which wither under time are discarded, and the few which stand up, or at least some part of them stand up, I nourish and those are worth all the rest.<br /><br />As an aside, I seldom do this when posting here, so if some of my thoughts seem half-baked, that's only because they are :)Dan Richwinenoreply@blogger.com