It is not just a comment-it is your ability Sarah Fay it is not what I want to do-I am finding out who I am at 80 and how I am unfolding here-and how I cannot ever keep up w/substack-but hang out how I can-in these 80 years - I do not believe I ever had a goal and worked at it-which I may be ashamed to admit-it comes from sense inside that moves me forward-maybe it is the coffee cup I just knocked over- after I finally did what I believe i have been afraid to do-“I walked over to my young neighbors house and ask to borrow a cup
Of sugar” - while I was feeling simple joy because after 5 days of not having sugar - I felt Joy-My need was bigger for sweetness in a cup of coffee with half and half and a teaspoon of Irish butter-a now for the first time real sugar…because my fame sugar did not come to my Doorstep from my daughter-who may have been willing to send it PRIME from her Amazon account.
I'll be pre-ordering your book, Mason, and thanks Sarah for such a timely interview. I love the "go analog" portion, because Mason, your process mirrors mine quite a bit! I learned how to do this in grad school, where I printed off peer-reviewed articles, then highlighted sentences or phrases, and then I'd write direct quotes or paraphrases on 3x5 cards (with references in the corner). Afterwards, I'd fan the cards and look for commonalities--themes, key words, etc--that I could incorporate into sub-topics for my article or essay. I love that people still do this today!
Yes! I "waste" so much paper in my writing, printing things and scribbling all over them, and typing up my scribbles and doing it all over again — but when everything is on the screen it's just not "live" for me in the same way; I don't feel as able to to process it and react to it, somehow, and mold it into something new... Anyway, thanks for the kind note — and hope you enjoy the new book!
It is not just a comment-it is your ability Sarah Fay it is not what I want to do-I am finding out who I am at 80 and how I am unfolding here-and how I cannot ever keep up w/substack-but hang out how I can-in these 80 years - I do not believe I ever had a goal and worked at it-which I may be ashamed to admit-it comes from sense inside that moves me forward-maybe it is the coffee cup I just knocked over- after I finally did what I believe i have been afraid to do-“I walked over to my young neighbors house and ask to borrow a cup
Of sugar” - while I was feeling simple joy because after 5 days of not having sugar - I felt Joy-My need was bigger for sweetness in a cup of coffee with half and half and a teaspoon of Irish butter-a now for the first time real sugar…because my fame sugar did not come to my Doorstep from my daughter-who may have been willing to send it PRIME from her Amazon account.
Ty so much from the seat of my pants-probably best to say-my Center right now.❤️🔑
I'll be pre-ordering your book, Mason, and thanks Sarah for such a timely interview. I love the "go analog" portion, because Mason, your process mirrors mine quite a bit! I learned how to do this in grad school, where I printed off peer-reviewed articles, then highlighted sentences or phrases, and then I'd write direct quotes or paraphrases on 3x5 cards (with references in the corner). Afterwards, I'd fan the cards and look for commonalities--themes, key words, etc--that I could incorporate into sub-topics for my article or essay. I love that people still do this today!
Yes! I "waste" so much paper in my writing, printing things and scribbling all over them, and typing up my scribbles and doing it all over again — but when everything is on the screen it's just not "live" for me in the same way; I don't feel as able to to process it and react to it, somehow, and mold it into something new... Anyway, thanks for the kind note — and hope you enjoy the new book!
Just ordered it, Mason! Looking forward to it. The title alone gripped me.
I hope we get more and more analog as writing grows more and more AI-digital.