Comments on: The Best Kept Secret To Improve Your Writing – Writing Tips 19

By: dgkaye

dgkaye — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:44:47 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. You're so funny. And I agree, 'brains are weird'. <3

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:35:44 +0000

In reply to dgkaye.

I thought it might have been, but I had to share when we started talking about writing by hand!

Haha, that’s what I love about Distributed cognition, it sort of does what it says on the tin, and the thing is, so many of us do it and don’t even realise. Think I am the other way round, I sort of think my problems aloud, even if it’s to myself or on a bit of paper, I need that act of externalisation in order to solve things. Yet, I can be an introverted person! lol. Brains are weird!

By: dgkaye

dgkaye — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:44:22 +0000

Hi Sach. Thanks for sharing this link with me. I think this post was written just before we connected, as you suspected. It’s a fabulous post, as all your writing posts are. (I’ve yet to find a better describing word for some of the things you share here.) I don’t think I could stereotype myself in one category, as I’m a mixed bag. I write longhand, I write like an introvert. I solve problems alone in my head, before I can share them with anyone. But then I need to run my work by someone else after I think I’ve fixed things, needing at least a pair of new eyes, which always turns out to be a necessity.
I love the issues and questions you raise in your writing tip series! <3

By: The Lost Art of Penmanship – Evolution or Regression? | Sacha Black

The Lost Art of Penmanship – Evolution or Regression? | Sacha Black — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:23:27 +0000

[…] of ‘actual’ writing I do. You know, with my hand and a real life pen. The post discussed Distributed Cognition, a concept that debates where the boundaries of thought are and one example is the use of a pen. […]

By: Norah

Norah — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:47:11 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. Yes. But differently from what I expected. So that was good. You cleared up my preconceived ideas! :)

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:36:44 +0000

In reply to Norah. Haha thanks Norah - hope it explained what I meant the other day?

By: Norah

Norah — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:21:00 +0000

Great post, Sacha – you’ve given me something to think, um I mean, talk, draw, write and think about. Thanks! 🙂

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:28:20 +0000

In reply to Janet Sunderland. Im so sorry its taken me so long to reply. It's been a bit of a week! thats interesting, because the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and vice a versa, so makes sense if your left hand works and wakes up your right brain. I would be fascinated to hear more about the Neuroscientist, can you remember his name? I would love to google his research. I have to agree though, we are all wired up differently so how we integrate and interact with our words and tools will be different for everyone, we just need to work out what works for us and then take advantage of that technique. I think I have finally figured out my own writing process this week :D. thanks for commenting and taking the time to read the post :D

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:15:46 +0000

In reply to Charli Mills.

Haha! Yes sorry about us extroverts it tends to exhaust the introverts! But it’s the same for us and you guys. It’s one of the things I learnt about when researching Myers Briggs. So fascinating.

OOOH I am really interested in the fact that despite being an introvert you found the sharing process worthwhile for your character building.

I really think we humans are not meant to work in isolation. It’s sort of built in innately to need other people, and yet we so often find that to be a negative thing.

It’s strange but I do a lot of SUBconscious processing. Where I just need time for things to mull but I don’t consciously think about them.

lol I can touch type (I think? – I type fast). I know of famous authors who write one fingered! The author of beautiful creatures does just that!

By: Keith Channing

Keith Channing — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:57:12 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. Our job then is not to go defensive!