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Post by stompie on Dec 23, 2018 11:15:30 GMT
Do you sit down to write, having your mind full of all the things you want to write down but then, find you are distracted by so many other thoughts going through your mind that you never quite say what you wanted to and, despite the fact that you feel you have not written all you wanted to, you still post of the letter?
I tried carrying a little note book to write down things I want to tell someone about. However, when I sit down to write, my mind is forever racing forward to the next note without having fully finished with the first note?
Much like when having a conversation, you get sidetracked and off track during what you are saying and you never get to fully complete what you wanted to say.
Does anyone else find this?
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Post by jamberrychoux on Dec 23, 2018 15:13:57 GMT
Do you sit down to write, having your mind full of all the things you want to write down but then, find you are distracted by so many other thoughts going through your mind that you never quite say what you wanted to and, despite the fact that you feel you have not written all you wanted to, you still post of the letter? I tried carrying a little note book to write down things I want to tell someone about. However, when I sit down to write, my mind is forever racing forward to the next note without having fully finished with the first note? Much like when having a conversation, you get sidetracked and off track during what you are saying and you never get to fully complete what you wanted to say. Does anyone else find this? I find this happens to me quite frequently. I haven't found a solution for it yet though. At one point in time, I was thinking about putting large post-it notes on the outside envelope, and when something popped into my mind, I would jot down that thing down on the post-it. That way, when it was time for me to write back to that particular penpal, voila, there would be some notes already jotted down to help jog my brain! But, I've never actually implemented the idea yet. I guess that's the next stage -- once I've dealt with the other distractions going on in my life.
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Post by radellaf on Dec 25, 2018 5:52:57 GMT
I should try back-of-the-envelope notes when reading a letter, though most I get aren't so long that my memory, plus a quick perusal while writing, can't handle it. It's a very rare day that I write more than one letter, so having my mind on the next note is pretty much impossible.
I do often find that I reach the end of replying to a letter, know there's more to say, but end up closing with either nothing more or just a quick extra bit.
Distraction isn't usually my problem. If I'm distracted, I either don't get started or have to put the letter aside. What's annoying is when I'm full of focus on ending the letter, but just can't decide what's worth launching into out of all the possible things that aren't connected to anything else in the letter.
I'm also usually kinda mentally tired from a thorough reply, but want to get the letter mailed. Sometimes physically tired, as I have a habit of writing last thing at night. If it's too short, I'll finish the next day. It's when it's long _enough_, but I _could_ add more, that I'm of two minds about it. I think I struck a pretty good balance with all the winter owl cards. I have six left out of a box of 20, and caught up on all my months-old replies, so this month has been a resounding success. A lot of fun, too. I did have to end one letter with maybe 3/4 of a blank 2nd side of a page left. Argh. Not my style.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 9:59:58 GMT
Those owl cards were GORGEOUS!!!!
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Post by stompie on Dec 27, 2018 12:51:21 GMT
I do often find that I reach the end of replying to a letter, know there's more to say, but end up closing with either nothing more or just a quick extra bit. What's annoying is when I'm full of focus on ending the letter, but just can't decide what's worth launching into out of all the possible things that aren't connected to anything else in the letter. That describes me far better than what I said!
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Post by radellaf on Dec 28, 2018 10:31:36 GMT
Glad ya liked the cards; I was pretty happy to find those last year. Nothing quite that nice on the half price table at B&N this Wednesday, but got a couple of decent ones. Hallmark's paper isn't quite as good for FPs as Peter Pauper, and their glitter glue is less effective. The owls hardly shed at all.
As for the topic, just wrote a letter with next to nothing to go on. It was short, but I still think I found it easier to fill that (A5) side starting fresh than I do at the end of a bunch of reply text. Maybe I just have to "let go" of the already written part of a letter when I get to the end and want to write some more.
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Post by motsamicaux on Dec 28, 2018 23:47:45 GMT
If my letter ends but I'm not done writing, I add an addendum or a P.S., sometimes even a P.P.S. to the P.S.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 17:29:23 GMT
If my letter ends but I'm not done writing, I add an addendum or a P.S., sometimes even a P.P.S. to the P.S. I often used to do that
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Post by hoyabella on Dec 30, 2018 7:32:43 GMT
I was thinking about putting large post-it notes on the outside envelope, and when something popped into my mind, I would jot down that thing down on the post-it. That way, when it was time for me to write back to that particular penpal, voila, there would be some notes already jotted down to help jog my brain! I often do something similar: when I have some time I reread the letter and jot on a small sheet answers to questions that have been asked, comments, my news and whatever I want to write. I may even write whole sentences. Sometimes many weeks may pass before I actually write the letter. I especially do this if I have many things to write and want to organize my letter better. I may still forget to write some things but it looks like I am better in control.
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