1/ I've written one book from scratch, one from an email list archive, one from a blog series. Making a book is always an act of archival.
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4/ If you decide that only book-worthy (attention equivalent of "sponge-worthy"?) ideas are worth reading/writing, you miss out on 90%
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@vgr as soon as you drive the book off the lot, the ideas are old. Fill up on fresh, free range, feral ideas.
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@vgr I see same thing with ideas for journal articles. The distinction for me is bwtn writing as exploration and writing as communication. -
@vgr check out Weick on this, if you haven't already come across it. Very relevant I think. http://www.commerce.nccu.edu.tw/iacmr/file/Weick%20(1995)%20What%20Theory%20is%20Not%20Theorizing%20Is-9b.pdf …
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@vgr I've heard even ideas for blog posts could become obsolete before you had time to sit down and write them up.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr That's why we probably need more funding models that don't require book closure.#PatronAge?
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@vgr i.e. like software.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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