Comments on: Ideas and How to Use Them https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kristen King https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9276 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:45:43 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9276 You and Anne are both right on target. The biggest things for me are (a) writing it down and (b) ever looking at it again. Probably followed by (c) having a plan for how and when I will act on ideas. 😉

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9271 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:21:21 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9271 Get that ticket, Paula.

Bill, isn't it weird? Funny thing was neither Anne nor I planned it. I told her I think we were joined at the brain cells. 🙂

If it helps, I had a super idea for a poem a few days ago. I thought it was strong enough that I'd never lose it. Bam. Gone in a flash. I'm hoping it will come back.

]]> By: Bill Swan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9270 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:19:31 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9270 Ya know how weird it is reading almost the same post topic on Anne Wayman's site this morning and then you tonight?

Of course you bring up pair of points that I need to work on. I keep forgetting to write ideas down in time to remember them. When I do write them down, I forget what I was wanting to do with them sometimes.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9269 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:46:22 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9269 When New Twitter was foist upon me, I checked out all of the options I could find: HootSuite, TweetDeck, and there was a third one I can't think of right now. All required OS 10.4 or 10.5 or higher. None worked with OS 10.3.9.

If anyone can think of any others I should try, let me know.

Please, my OS is so "old" one Mac Genius I spoke to over the phone (during the Paula Needs a New Keyboard fiasco) ago was probably all of 20 years old seemed shocked that anything ever existed prior to OS 10.5. The problem is 10.5 and higher are incompatible with my particular Mac – so said two other Mac Geniuses.

I really need to win the lottery, but I guess you need to buy tickets for that.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9268 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:34:20 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9268 Paula, are you using a particular app or are you going straight from Twitter.com? Is there nothing out there that is supporting your OS?

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9267 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:15:03 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9267 I wish I could join the Tweet Up, but New Twitter won't let me tweet or even reply to tweets anymore. I can retweet by clicking the retweet button on another site (yet I can't retweet from Twitter). I can cross-post a LinkedIn comment as a tweet if I need to, but I hate it when other people do that.

Such is life without a smart phone or a computer with a newer OS that Twitter actually supports.

Have fun. Let me know what happens!

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9266 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:27:33 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9266 Here's irony for you – buddy Anne Wayman ALSO has a post up about ideas today! The weird part is neither of us talked to the other about our posts.

Give Anne some comment love:

http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2011/09/5-tips-for-keeping-your-idea-file-fresh-a-lifeline-for-freelance-writers/

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9265 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:16:39 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9265 That's a cool way to do it, Kagem! I have those same small notebooks – all over the place! But I hadn't thought to date them. I will now!

]]> By: Kagem https://wordsonpageblog.com/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html#comment-9264 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:54:10 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2011/09/ideas-and-how-to-use-the.html/#comment-9264 By far the best idea for me is buying a small notebook and treating it as an idea diary.

My top tip would also to be to date your ideas because that is a cool way to organise them. You can look back in your diary to see how your juices were flowing in August/Sep etc.

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