Mark's briefing method... - CSRNation2024-03-28T20:11:47Zhttp://csrnation.ning.com/forum/topics/marks-briefing-method?groupUrl=magnumstenofanclub&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat's great to hear you were…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-09-09:1736041:Comment:10778552009-09-09T04:21:04.239ZMike Rowellhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MikeRowell
That's great to hear you were able to make the change at 180. I cringe when I hear students talk about how they've written everything out for too long to start briefing. I might be naive, but I can't imagine a better time than while in school to shorten one's writing.<br />
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Fortunately, my first semester teacher -- much to the objection of my old school's administration -- was a devout believer in phrasing and learning briefs as part of the foundation of your writing (versus writing everything out…
That's great to hear you were able to make the change at 180. I cringe when I hear students talk about how they've written everything out for too long to start briefing. I might be naive, but I can't imagine a better time than while in school to shorten one's writing.<br />
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Fortunately, my first semester teacher -- much to the objection of my old school's administration -- was a devout believer in phrasing and learning briefs as part of the foundation of your writing (versus writing everything out through theory.) She started us on down that path early and even had us switch our initial T to "it" and final T to "the" despite the StenEd text. She actually got fired for her varied rebellious teachings, but I stayed in contact with her and kept learning her briefs/phrases. The administration believed that much in sticking to the book, among other things. I was writing DAOUBZ [do you say] and DUPT [did you want] while hoping my Theory II teacher wasn't going to pounce on me for it the way they did when they realized what we'd learned under the old instructor.<br />
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Anyhow, I actually thought I was writing pretty short until I saw Mark at a seminar...what an eye opener! At that point I decided I NEEDED to incorporate inflected endings, which is still a bit of a headache as far as dictionary building, but it's feeling pretty natural tucking everything in 6 months later. A large chunk of what I learn…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-09-09:1736041:Comment:10778252009-09-09T04:02:56.147ZMike Rowellhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MikeRowell
A large chunk of what I learn I adapt to relate to a similar set of briefs. As a result, I have a lot of briefs that really only make sense in the context of being similar to other briefs...as in phonetically, they're jibberish, but they resemble some other jibberish, so I guess whatever works is good :D
A large chunk of what I learn I adapt to relate to a similar set of briefs. As a result, I have a lot of briefs that really only make sense in the context of being similar to other briefs...as in phonetically, they're jibberish, but they resemble some other jibberish, so I guess whatever works is good :D The briefs you make yourself…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-09-09:1736041:Comment:10778132009-09-09T03:56:27.848ZClay Frazierhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Clay
The briefs you make yourself are the ones you learn the fastest I think. Maybe this is the reason Mark is freakishly amazing at them.<br />
Either way, adopt each of Mark's briefs as your own child and learn its name, or you can just rename it if that is easier. Everybody thinks a little different.
The briefs you make yourself are the ones you learn the fastest I think. Maybe this is the reason Mark is freakishly amazing at them.<br />
Either way, adopt each of Mark's briefs as your own child and learn its name, or you can just rename it if that is easier. Everybody thinks a little different.