Friday, October 28, 2005
Keep it Short
For some strange reason, Anne Lamott decided to write an entire chapter on the fact that she uses index cards. I think that the most intriguing thing about this reading is not the reason why she uses the index cards, but rather the fact that she could take that reason and miraculously turn it into a twelve page paper. The entire article could probably be summed up in one simple sentence that reads like this: I use index cards so I can remember things that I would usually forget.” But I suppose that is why she is the professional writer and I am not. The concept behind index cards is to be simple. It is ironic that she is taking a tool whose purpose is to simplify, and turning it into an elaborate writing.
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