tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post81631022021511896..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: How I Write (and an opening paragraph)This old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-35696109059715955372009-06-15T11:00:02.356+10:002009-06-15T11:00:02.356+10:00A little later in _Remembrance_ Marcel returns to ...A little later in _Remembrance_ Marcel returns to the cathedral at Combray as a polychronic structure, associating the oldest parts with the darkest ("hiding the rough, savage eleventh century in the thickness of the walls, from which it appeared with its heavy arches plugged and blinded by crude blocks of ashlar only in the deep gash incised by the porch by the tower staircase, and even Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-49204501592227645122009-06-14T19:00:08.286+10:002009-06-14T19:00:08.286+10:00Fascinating to read about the different ways peopl...Fascinating to read about the different ways people write. My method is very similar to yours - I find I can't organize my thoughts in a coherent enough way to create an outline until I've actually written something. I start with a hunch, or the germ of an idea, and work from there.<br /><br />It's reassuring to know that not everybody creates a solid plan at the outset and sticks to Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-19679186852915074812009-06-14T18:14:27.801+10:002009-06-14T18:14:27.801+10:00That's a wonderful opening -- your whole argum...That's a wonderful opening -- your whole argument seems to be curled up in it.<br /><br />How differently we write -- though with equal amounts of pain, I see, and both with E.M. Forster's (I think) question in mind: How do I know what I think till I see what I say?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com