12/10/2018
"Traditionally we understand ‘concepts’ and ‘notions’ as being the basic components of thinking, but I would like to suggest that without insights those notions and concepts are but static data. It is precisely an insight that sets the thought in motion. In fact, an insight is the very evidence, artefact, or trace of that motion. And this is, I claim, where writing starts: not with choosing the ‘right’ or ‘most interesting’ concept out of a myriad of other ‘less interesting’ concepts, but with capturing our insights. In other words, instead of jumping right into choosing a topic and following some (undoubtedly effective and very useful) academic writing manuals, it might be worth focusing on what our own insights have to offer first."
ESSAY WRITING Thinking with Writing A Guide for the Perplexed Writers Oct 12, 2018 How to think with writing? Or, more specifically: how to do a real work and write on what we do care about, instead of feeling that we are merely indulging in self-obsessive musings or producing pretentious and forced...
