Pardon my ignorance, what is that? I have a sub stack acct, but haven't started writing yet. Trying to let go of a my previous career and start a new one. Struggling a bit as where to begin, besides writing recipes and such, photography has taken me down a rabbit hole and I am enjoying it!
From ancient times, commonplace books have been a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing interesting information or ideas into a book (or scroll if you were an Ancient Greek). Interestingly, it is suggested that by transcribing other peopleтАЩs words, summarising and incorporating different texts into a commonplace book, you create a new way of reading and looking at the information, which may stimulate new ideas. Many people kept commonplace books including Mark Twain, Isaac Newton, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Virginia Woolf. If you are interested, this is a great article about how to start a commonplace book https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/02/25/a-brief-guide-to-keeping-a-commonplace-book/
Have you thought of writing a commonplace book?
I love my commonplace book and have kept one for years
Pardon my ignorance, what is that? I have a sub stack acct, but haven't started writing yet. Trying to let go of a my previous career and start a new one. Struggling a bit as where to begin, besides writing recipes and such, photography has taken me down a rabbit hole and I am enjoying it!
From ancient times, commonplace books have been a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing interesting information or ideas into a book (or scroll if you were an Ancient Greek). Interestingly, it is suggested that by transcribing other peopleтАЩs words, summarising and incorporating different texts into a commonplace book, you create a new way of reading and looking at the information, which may stimulate new ideas. Many people kept commonplace books including Mark Twain, Isaac Newton, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Virginia Woolf. If you are interested, this is a great article about how to start a commonplace book https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/02/25/a-brief-guide-to-keeping-a-commonplace-book/
Oh and do people share photos on sub stack?
Yes!
Oooh that's exciting, will have to check into that to see how it works!! Thanks Elissa!
Thank you for the well wishes and the info on commonplace books, will definitely check out the article! Have a lovely weekend!
Good luck with your move to a new career. Substack is a lovely place.