Comments on: I’m An Egghead http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/ The Probabilities of Storytelling Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Quantum Storytelling » Overachievement http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/comment-page-1/#comment-4906 Quantum Storytelling » Overachievement Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:46:38 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/#comment-4906 [...] Trusting, and Training. This is similar to the difference between Generate & Explore I discussed lwhen explaining the geneplore [...] [...] Trusting, and Training. This is similar to the difference between Generate & Explore I discussed lwhen explaining the geneplore [...]

]]> By: Eric http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Eric Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/#comment-1122 Yep! That's exactly it Nienke. Generate a larger list of ideas before running with one of them. Because if you just run with an idea that doesn't work out, and you don't have any alternative ideas to try, you're going to be stuck. Yep! That’s exactly it Nienke. Generate a larger list of ideas before running with one of them. Because if you just run with an idea that doesn’t work out, and you don’t have any alternative ideas to try, you’re going to be stuck.

]]> By: Nienke http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Nienke Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:55:09 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/#comment-1119 So what I get from this is that I should try to come up with a variety of ideas and then explore all the ideas I've generated before just going with the first thing that pops into my head. So what I get from this is that I should try to come up with a variety of ideas and then explore all the ideas I’ve generated before just going with the first thing that pops into my head.

]]> By: Eric http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Eric Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:54:57 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/#comment-952 My big problem is always exploring the ideas too early--getting too bogged down in the details of ONE idea, when I should really be generating more alternative ideas and then exploring after I've got a better list. It's been a big problem for me simply because I didn't realize I was doing it. I didn't realize there was a difference between generate & explore. My big problem is always exploring the ideas too early–getting too bogged down in the details of ONE idea, when I should really be generating more alternative ideas and then exploring after I’ve got a better list.

It’s been a big problem for me simply because I didn’t realize I was doing it. I didn’t realize there was a difference between generate & explore.

]]> By: Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Linktopia: Super Happy Funtime Edition #2 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Linktopia: Super Happy Funtime Edition #2 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:30:57 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2006/10/25/im-an-egghead/#comment-946 [...] Slushpile muses on why NYT literary critic Michiko Kakutani never seems to like anything published by Knopf . . .  found a new blog, the Syntax of Things, wherein there’s a good post about 2006’s Best Nonrequired American Reading . . . . Eric’s come up with an elegant way to explain exploring creative ideas, much nicer than mine, which I call “bumbling around the draft” . . . . Random Reading is working through P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files mysteries.  I tell ya, this website a great resource for writers who can’t read all the books we want because we’re–ahem–working on our own, BUT we need to keep atop publishing trends . . . . Holly Lisle is auctioning off original manuscripts of three of her novels to fundraise for a friend in need.  Please help if you can . . . . over at Riskies, Elena Greene decodes contest judging . . . . MJ Rose adds a sixth “P” to marketing your books . . . . OK THIS rant is why I love reading Paperback Writer. [...] [...] Slushpile muses on why NYT literary critic Michiko Kakutani never seems to like anything published by Knopf . . .  found a new blog, the Syntax of Things, wherein there’s a good post about 2006’s Best Nonrequired American Reading . . . . Eric’s come up with an elegant way to explain exploring creative ideas, much nicer than mine, which I call “bumbling around the draft” . . . . Random Reading is working through P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files mysteries.  I tell ya, this website a great resource for writers who can’t read all the books we want because we’re–ahem–working on our own, BUT we need to keep atop publishing trends . . . . Holly Lisle is auctioning off original manuscripts of three of her novels to fundraise for a friend in need.  Please help if you can . . . . over at Riskies, Elena Greene decodes contest judging . . . . MJ Rose adds a sixth “P” to marketing your books . . . . OK THIS rant is why I love reading Paperback Writer. [...]

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