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In article <1993Jan21.150128.20782@zeus.ieee.org> dprezios@ep.ieee.org writes:
>One rule of thumb I like (and I don't remember how I came to abide by it)
>is to never show a rough draft to anyone. Something about too many opinions 
>too early on.... 

I agree, although my reasoning is that if I'm going to be torn apart by
critics, I want to be torn apart for good reasons, not for things I
was going to leave out of the final draft anyway.

>Also, I try to get something on paper--WHATEVER it may be--
>WHENEVER I feel motivated. Thus the value of keeping a journal.
>Finally, if
>I don't feel motivated , I type up some of those old handwritten scraps
>(does anyone uses a pen and paper anymore?). [stuff deleted].

Sure, papers still of great use.  I've adopted a method Robert Prisig
suggested in _Lila_, of keeping ideas on reference cards.  This allows
any amount of rearranging etc without the usual problem of an entry
being encased in words as soon as you write the next one.  It also
allows the building up of related sections, with the system as a whole
being infinitely expandable in any direction.

It also forces you to be concise about your ideas, with space on each
card being limited.  This might not suit everyone, but its a great time
saver for me (I have a tendency to ramble).


&')