About writing and thinking (or should I say thinking and writing?)
By missak
@missak (3311)
Spain
June 6, 2007 4:19pm CST
Do you write what you thin or do you think what you write? Do you think they are compatible? Can you write about their compatibility/uncompatibility?
Do you think on what is wrote? Would you write on what you thought? When you try to write something you start thinking on it another way? Or would you better start writing wen you happen to think, before your thoughts could get lost or confused? How do your thoughts deal with your writing?
Would you write a well thought idea, or rather keep it for yourself? Do you think on your writing to make it good, or you don't care? Is it better a good idea with a bad writing or a sily idea beautifully written? Are you better at thinking or writing? Can you express yourself with writing? Can you fulfil yourself with your thoughts?
Are you equal or similar to your thoughts? Are you really like you think you are? Do your writings represent you? Or perhaps your writings represent just what you think you are? Or what you think it is cool to be like? Or nothing at all, perhaps you just write they way you think things should be written and it is not related to your thoughts...
Would you write what you think about this writting that I thought and wrote? Is it better thought or written?
TIP: This is just a funny collection of mental puzzles, you don't have to answer all the questions, just the one that surprised you or made you think, or liked or disliked or whatever if you put your mind on it, or if you put your letters on it.
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17 responses
@healwell (1268)
• Ahmedabad, India
9 Jun 07
I have mostly followed my thinking processes and then writings!
I am an Editor also and i thought that as a writer INTUITION plays role in my writings because basically I am a poet! And my writings represent me in a way that without thinking and checking i never put any kind of writing for public view/ reading.
I work as a writer and there i have to be more proffessional regarding the subject orientation as well as if it is my writing i must consider institutional point of view!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
7 Jun 07
Your writing is not clear so I am having problems understanding it.
But given that a silly piece of writing well understood is better that a serious piece of writing that is not understood.
The most important thing for a writer to do is get their message across otherwise there is no point in writing for others. If you want to write for yourself only in your private journal you can write whatever way you want to.
Good writing requires a a thought that is but into words and both require thinking,
whether you are writing a silly little tail about playing with your dog or a detailed analysis of the cosmos, you have to think how do you get the information in your head or from the sources you have read onto paper in a logical and understandable fashion.
How do you tell the story, is it a chronological piece, where a comes first and the b and so on,
is it a piece where you are talking about all kinds of opinions and theories, which theories will you choose? which is more important or less important which need to come first or second or third.
every story must have a beginning middle and end,
so no matter what you write you have to think,
I am a professional writer, I am speaking from what the industry standards ask for,
there is also a lot more about style, content and delivery but this is enough for this discussion.
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@silverlocket (122)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Funny Collection of Mental Puzzles.. I like the idea and title you have given to this.. so lets see..
I write what I feel..I work thru' my emotions more than my mind when Im work with poetry or mere vexations.. Common sense tends to disrupt the ideals of the heart and soul and makes everything else complicated , less practical and less real..
Now, if you are trying to solve a problem, mind comes to play.. you can write strategies, plans, to-do lists, things to keep u up to date and organized..
Really depends on what your writing is about.. Are you doing it because u want to let go of some inhibitions or just because you have to ? Is it an expression or more like a homework ?
Basically, you have 2 kinds of writings.. the one you use because you have to (for a job, school, etc = mind usage) and the one that u use because you want to (poetry, thoughts, memoirs, etc = emotions) and with his latter you can overwhelm someone else or overcome a situation or simply share your joy or sadness.. and of course it represents purely and entirely you.. your soul, your heart, your senses.. who you truly are :)
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
7 Jun 07
I think before I write because it can leave a trail however I don't always think before I speak. Although which ever one I am using, written or oral, it is always the real me and the truth.
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@Darkhorse1311 (418)
• India
7 Jun 07
OH you're C-o-n-f-u-s-e-d...Anyways I do think before I write cos otherwise I would be just scribbling something...I am better in terms of thinking or as put talking to someone rather than writing cos I am direct and spontaneous that way!!!
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@elshaddai123 (3981)
• Kottayam, India
7 Jun 07
That is a flow everything is mixed up,but final product turned out to be good one.
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@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
7 Jun 07
If I thought about what I was writing than I would have to say my typing probably wouldnt be so sloppy but I just get a thought in my head and start typing like crazy. Very rarely is the time I really look at what I have typed which is probly a bad thing cause I am sure that if I did I might be a bit more sensitive.
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@al87exa (720)
• Romania
7 Jun 07
I am sure that i am a thinker, is hard for me to expres myself when i write. But is easy to think and talk with somebody. Of course i can t talk and ahre my foughts with all peoples, i have few friends with who i like to talk, but i can t expres myself when i writte, this is sure.
@nampoothiripad (601)
• India
7 Jun 07
As far I am concerned, first I will create some idea of the subject on which I wants to write in my mind .But while continuing writing, it happened on many ocassions that the idea of the subject will be completely changed.
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@helloravinder (433)
• India
7 Jun 07
I always thinks before writing anything.
I always read or give a thought what i write usually in the last.
My thoughts always wears what my writing gives them.
Writing doesn't matter if the idea is good but also sometimes good writing makes a sily idea worth having.
I'm not equal to my thoughts but i'm always behind them to make them reality.
I can express my self with my writing.
I'm always happy with what i'm.
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@simple_butterfly (478)
• Philippines
7 Jun 07
Wow..what a great puzzle huh! It's quite complicated..but for me I write what I'm thinking, if I can't think of something I can't put it into writing. If ever something gets in my mind I take a piece of paper and wrote it before the idea gets out of my mind. LOL..I can remember it for a few days but if for a month the idea is gone by the wind so it's better to write what I was thinking on that moment. ;)
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
11 Jun 07
Wow, that was a little bit confusing stuff. I always write what I think. Words come to me easily if I know what I am going to say and the thought is already working its way into my brain.
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I usually start with just an idea or sometimes just a word. I think about the various applications and jot my thoughts down. Then I put it down for a while and see if any further thoughts come to me. After a fair amount of time I elavorate my thoughts and see how they fit together, and again I leave it for a while in case there was something else I wanted to add. Then I read it and finish it.
@arnz2007 (3)
• Philippines
7 Jun 07
I think what i write and I write what i think..It just go hand in hand, but in some cases i prefer to think first before go into writing..After some times I jot it down and started to write. I guess u cannot write anything without thinking it first.
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