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You always take your stories to places

carrien — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:18:46 -0500

that I'm afraid to go with mine.

I'm beginning, with these lessons, to see how you do it. Thanks.

Do you ever pull events out of order because they fit better that way?

I'm posting my list and writing for me. I"ll actually do it if I post here.

People

Me Used to teach voice and piano
CJ the little boy who lives next to us
Cj's dad-(No one knows where he is)

Events
CJ's family singing karaoke-badly
We all went swimming
We ate dinner but I didn't invite CJ

Observations
I guess it's better to sing together than watch TV
It must be hard to be the only kid in a family full of babies and grown-ups
How hard would it be to include one more kid?

Yay, Nancy!!!

Birdie Jaworski — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:47:03 -0500

I linked to you, sista!

Birdie
Birdie's BlogHer Blog
La Pajaro

yay, stever, you did it!

Birdie Jaworski — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:46:35 -0500

I had troubles logging in to BlogHer all week, finally realized it was my Mac, so I'm borrowing my neighbor's machine to make do.

The thing is, I think most of these columns will end up having more of a philosophical sort of "lesson" as opposed to a practical one over time. So index cards are just one of those things that I use that maybe others use that maybe don't work for everyone. Hopefully you will take away something cool in the future. : )

Birdie
Birdie's BlogHer Blog
La Pajaro

OK, I did it.

milife — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:53:55 -0500

My assignment is on my blog. YIKES!!

http://milife.wordpress.com/

Yay! I can input now...

Heresyman — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:03:09 -0500

This is a second try at this...

I keep my ideas on whatever happens to be handy when I am smitten with one. Usually any scrap of paper, junk mail envelope, etc. Occasionally I will gather these up and transfer the memes into a notebook of sorts. Sadly I have several of these in different states. I also have oodles of doodles in boxes and such.

When I was in High School, I nearly failed my U.S.History class because the teacher insisted on note taking. 30% of our grade was based on our notes in our notebook. Well, my notebook was filled with sketches and doodles, and he didn't care when I pointed at doodles and told him what they meant. (If a picture is worth a thousand words... then my notes were the most copious!) By the end of the semester, I had zero credit for my notes... so I settled for a "D" and moved on to the next grade.

3x5 cards are a great idea, and I have heard of many who used them... I am just not that way. :) I prefer to let the ideas rattle without too much structure.

Messy... that's what I am!

Question EVERYTHING!

Okay, I did it.

Days To Come — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:36:16 -0500

You can see it here. http://laughter4daystocome.blogspot.com/2007/07/far-from-gilead.html

Jeana
Link Textwww.daystocome.net

Practice

Lia — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:59:19 -0500

Birdie, what an amazing story! I don't quite know how you wield your magic, but I find myself right in the midst of your story, so quickly, it is like a roller coaster ride. It starts slow and then, all of a sudden, I am plummeting down deep into the people's actions and reactions. Thank you ever so much.

I like the idea of mixing the index cards in different order. I’ll make up another list and then write each item and shuffle them and see if something develops out of it.

Do have a fun time at BlogHer Conference. I’d sure like to know how your workshop goes…

lia from luebeck, germany

Author of the yum yum cafe and coauthor of the Red Tent Blog.

This card shuffling idea of yours

Virginia DeBolt — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:51:01 -0500

Birdie, the cards are such a good idea. Wish I'd known about it years ago when I was telling teachers how to teach kids to write.

http://www.webteacher.ws/
http://first50.wordpress.com/

I'm Going to Try This!

Cary — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:58:51 -0500

While all you blogging BlogHers are off in Chicago this weekend, I'll be home shuffling some index cards. Thanks for the great tips, Birdie!