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Writing from idea to thought: Editor's Notes #186 May 15, 2015 |
Hello, --D. Murray In this issue: 1. Writing from idea to thought 2. Tickled my funnybone 3. Interesting Web site 1. Writing from idea to thought Any writing for publication is an attempt to take ideas from one mind and introduce them to another mind. An idea comes relatively quickly "like a bolt from the blue." A developed idea becomes developed through thought. Having some awareness of how an idea grows through thinking helps writers to write with more efficiency and purpose. Getting from idea to fully developed thought involves three basic steps.
All that remains is to mold the expression of your well-developed idea. Are you going to write a poem, a travel guide, a novel, a magazine article? The thinking you have done before putting pen to paper or fingers to keys makes the composing process simpler. =========== 2.Tickled my funnybone To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. =========== 3. Interesting Web site Donald Murray, whose quote opens this issue, has much to say on writing. Wikipedia has collected some of his most important ideas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Murray_(writer)#On_writing =========== Join Writer's Helper Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WritersHelperEditor Follow me on Twitter @AudreytheEditor Link on LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/audreyowen (Email me first so I know how you know me.) =========== If you know a writer who would appreciate receiving Editor's Notes, forward this issue. If someone has passed this on to you, you can get your own free subscription by signing up at https://www.writershelper.com/newsletter.html |
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