From its alliterative title, Weinberg on Writing, to the photographs of fieldstones introducing each chapter, to this recursive metaphor—that of constructing fieldstones into meaningful patterns: mailbox stands, walls, houses, sculptures, indeed, anything that can be built with fieldstones, this book on "constructing" writing, so to speak, is a delight. Its author speaks from experience, having written over 40 books thus far; but more than that, he speaks conversationally and convincingly about a way to approach the all-too-often formidable task of writing.
Weinberg's controlling metaphor for this book on writing—the Fieldstone—allows the reader to realize that a single fieldstone is like a single idea; that fieldstones, like ideas, are not "uniform," and that, just as fieldstones "come in varying sizes, colors, textures, shapes, and densities," and lie everywhere waiting for us to collect and use them to some productive end, so do ideas. Through his "fieldstone" metaphor, Weinberg richly demonstrates that the human mind is not a straight thinker, but a mind-leaper, thus not "dependent on any particular order" to succeed in writing a book or article or story. The many photographs weaving their way through the book reinforce the power inherent in a "fieldstone" when it is used in the construction of a project, becoming dwellings, garden walls, anything useful, just as ideas pulled together in coherent fashion tell stories, instruct, clarify.
Most convincingly, rather than preaching to the reader about how to write, Weinberg shares his 40 years, not only of teaching, but of writing many of his own books and articles. The key to the Fieldstone Method is non-linearity. Thus, Weinberg speaks of such metaphor-enhancing processes as "gathering" (prospecting for idea-stones), discovering "anchor stones" (key words), and making piles of unused "stones" (to jump to another metaphor), "bits of string too short to use"— for later construction.
This productive "pile-making" is the most humorous—though simultaneously serious—aspect of the Fieldstone Method, which Weinberg refers to as the FLUB rule—the " For Later Use Bin." What you can't use in this book or article, put in a "bin" or folder on your desktop to use elsewhere, perhaps even to generate another, never-before-considered, project.
One of the best lines of Weinberg on Writing, and one every writer should commit to memory is, "I may run out of ideas, but I'll never run out of new combinations of ideas." In demystifying the mysterious process of writing through the consistent metaphoric grappling hook of "fieldstones" as "ideas" which float in and out of our consciousness, Weinberg has written a wise and warm book on overcoming the perils of trying to write. - Written by Gabriele Rico, Ph.D. author of the best-selling Writing the Natural Way
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Weinberg's controlling metaphor for this book on writing—the Fieldstone—allows the reader to realize that a single fieldstone is like a single idea; that fieldstones, like ideas, are not "uniform," and that, just as fieldstones "come in varying sizes, colors, textures, shapes, and densities," and lie everywhere waiting for us to collect and use them to some productive end, so do ideas. Through his "fieldstone" metaphor, Weinberg richly demonstrates that the human mind is not a straight thinker, but a mind-leaper, thus not "dependent on any particular order" to succeed in writing a book or article or story. The many photographs weaving their way through the book reinforce the power inherent in a "fieldstone" when it is used in the construction of a project, becoming dwellings, garden walls, anything useful, just as ideas pulled together in coherent fashion tell stories, instruct, clarify.
Most convincingly, rather than preaching to the reader about how to write, Weinberg shares his 40 years, not only of teaching, but of writing many of his own books and articles. The key to the Fieldstone Method is non-linearity. Thus, Weinberg speaks of such metaphor-enhancing processes as "gathering" (prospecting for idea-stones), discovering "anchor stones" (key words), and making piles of unused "stones" (to jump to another metaphor), "bits of string too short to use"— for later construction.
This productive "pile-making" is the most humorous—though simultaneously serious—aspect of the Fieldstone Method, which Weinberg refers to as the FLUB rule—the " For Later Use Bin." What you can't use in this book or article, put in a "bin" or folder on your desktop to use elsewhere, perhaps even to generate another, never-before-considered, project.
One of the best lines of Weinberg on Writing, and one every writer should commit to memory is, "I may run out of ideas, but I'll never run out of new combinations of ideas." In demystifying the mysterious process of writing through the consistent metaphoric grappling hook of "fieldstones" as "ideas" which float in and out of our consciousness, Weinberg has written a wise and warm book on overcoming the perils of trying to write. - Written by Gabriele Rico, Ph.D. author of the best-selling Writing the Natural Way
Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
From its alliterative title, Weinberg on Writing, to the photographs of fieldstones introducing each chapter, to this recursive metaphor—that of constructing fieldstones into meaningful patterns: mailbox stands, walls, houses, sculptures, indeed, anything that can be built with fieldstones, this book on "constructing" writing, so to speak, is a delight. Its author speaks from experience, having written over 40 books thus far; but more than that, he speaks conversationally and convincingly about a way to approach the all-too-often formidable task of writing.
Weinberg's controlling metaphor for this book on writing—the Fieldstone—allows the reader to realize that a single fieldstone is like a single idea; that fieldstones, like ideas, are not "uniform," and that, just as fieldstones "come in varying sizes, colors, textures, shapes, and densities," and lie everywhere waiting for us to collect and use them to some productive end, so do ideas. Through his "fieldstone" metaphor, Weinberg richly demonstrates that the human mind is not a straight thinker, but a mind-leaper, thus not "dependent on any particular order" to succeed in writing a book or article or story. The many photographs weaving their way through the book reinforce the power inherent in a "fieldstone" when it is used in the construction of a project, becoming dwellings, garden walls, anything useful, just as ideas pulled together in coherent fashion tell stories, instruct, clarify.
Most convincingly, rather than preaching to the reader about how to write, Weinberg shares his 40 years, not only of teaching, but of writing many of his own books and articles. The key to the Fieldstone Method is non-linearity. Thus, Weinberg speaks of such metaphor-enhancing processes as "gathering" (prospecting for idea-stones), discovering "anchor stones" (key words), and making piles of unused "stones" (to jump to another metaphor), "bits of string too short to use"— for later construction.
This productive "pile-making" is the most humorous—though simultaneously serious—aspect of the Fieldstone Method, which Weinberg refers to as the FLUB rule—the " For Later Use Bin." What you can't use in this book or article, put in a "bin" or folder on your desktop to use elsewhere, perhaps even to generate another, never-before-considered, project.
One of the best lines of Weinberg on Writing, and one every writer should commit to memory is, "I may run out of ideas, but I'll never run out of new combinations of ideas." In demystifying the mysterious process of writing through the consistent metaphoric grappling hook of "fieldstones" as "ideas" which float in and out of our consciousness, Weinberg has written a wise and warm book on overcoming the perils of trying to write. - Written by Gabriele Rico, Ph.D. author of the best-selling Writing the Natural Way
Weinberg's controlling metaphor for this book on writing—the Fieldstone—allows the reader to realize that a single fieldstone is like a single idea; that fieldstones, like ideas, are not "uniform," and that, just as fieldstones "come in varying sizes, colors, textures, shapes, and densities," and lie everywhere waiting for us to collect and use them to some productive end, so do ideas. Through his "fieldstone" metaphor, Weinberg richly demonstrates that the human mind is not a straight thinker, but a mind-leaper, thus not "dependent on any particular order" to succeed in writing a book or article or story. The many photographs weaving their way through the book reinforce the power inherent in a "fieldstone" when it is used in the construction of a project, becoming dwellings, garden walls, anything useful, just as ideas pulled together in coherent fashion tell stories, instruct, clarify.
Most convincingly, rather than preaching to the reader about how to write, Weinberg shares his 40 years, not only of teaching, but of writing many of his own books and articles. The key to the Fieldstone Method is non-linearity. Thus, Weinberg speaks of such metaphor-enhancing processes as "gathering" (prospecting for idea-stones), discovering "anchor stones" (key words), and making piles of unused "stones" (to jump to another metaphor), "bits of string too short to use"— for later construction.
This productive "pile-making" is the most humorous—though simultaneously serious—aspect of the Fieldstone Method, which Weinberg refers to as the FLUB rule—the " For Later Use Bin." What you can't use in this book or article, put in a "bin" or folder on your desktop to use elsewhere, perhaps even to generate another, never-before-considered, project.
One of the best lines of Weinberg on Writing, and one every writer should commit to memory is, "I may run out of ideas, but I'll never run out of new combinations of ideas." In demystifying the mysterious process of writing through the consistent metaphoric grappling hook of "fieldstones" as "ideas" which float in and out of our consciousness, Weinberg has written a wise and warm book on overcoming the perils of trying to write. - Written by Gabriele Rico, Ph.D. author of the best-selling Writing the Natural Way
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BN ID: | 2940012173188 |
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Publisher: | Gerald Weinberg |
Publication date: | 01/23/2011 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 196 |
File size: | 3 MB |
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