Comments on: The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/ Dale Emery on Writing Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:33:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: dalewriting » Blog Archive » Experiences with The Spiral Method http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-28 dalewriting » Blog Archive » Experiences with The Spiral Method Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:24:05 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-28 [...] Dale Emery on Writing « The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts A Spiral Method Writing Session [...] […] Dale Emery on Writing « The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts A Spiral Method Writing Session […]

]]> By: dalewriting » Blog Archive » A Spiral Method Writing Session http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-27 dalewriting » Blog Archive » A Spiral Method Writing Session Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:23:14 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-27 [...] you want to see what my Spiral Method sessions look like, below is the raw, unedited zeroth draft for my article “Strategies for [...] […] you want to see what my Spiral Method sessions look like, below is the raw, unedited zeroth draft for my article “Strategies for […]

]]> By: dalewriting » Blog Archive » Reflections from DaNoFiWriMo Week 2 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-26 dalewriting » Blog Archive » Reflections from DaNoFiWriMo Week 2 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:16:51 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-26 [...] to the right of the main editing window. I’m finding this very handy, because it supports the spiral method that is central to the way I write. As I write about a topic, I think of other ideas that I want to [...] […] to the right of the main editing window. I’m finding this very handy, because it supports the spiral method that is central to the way I write. As I write about a topic, I think of other ideas that I want to […]

]]> By: christopher barham http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-21 christopher barham Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-21 This sounds a lot like you are heading towards 'discovering' Mind-Maps independently. Mind maps have applications beyond article writing. My favourite mind mapping tool (NovaMind) has extensions that support writing books and articles. Have a look at these resources: http://www.thinksmart.com/mission/workout/mindmapping_intro.html http://www.innovationtools.com/resources/mindmapping.asp These books: ISBN: 0563487011 MIND MAP BOOK Buzan ISBN: 1569761388 Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual Mapping Nancy Margulies ISBN: 042512780X Mindmapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving Joyce Wycoff and this software: http://www.nova-mind.com/ (mac) http://www.mindjet.com/us/products/mindmanager_x5pro/index.php?s=2 (win) Chris This sounds a lot like you are heading towards ‘discovering’ Mind-Maps independently. Mind maps have applications beyond article writing. My favourite mind mapping tool (NovaMind) has extensions that support writing books and articles.

Have a look at these resources:
http://www.thinksmart.com/mission/workout/mindmapping_intro.html
http://www.innovationtools.com/resources/mindmapping.asp

These books:
ISBN: 0563487011
MIND MAP BOOK
Buzan

ISBN: 1569761388
Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual Mapping
Nancy Margulies

ISBN: 042512780X
Mindmapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving
Joyce Wycoff

and this software:
http://www.nova-mind.com/ (mac)
http://www.mindjet.com/us/products/mindmanager_x5pro/index.php?s=2 (win)

Chris

]]> By: Dale Emery http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-22 Dale Emery Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-22 The <a href="http://www.christiansurvivors.com/index2.html">Christian Survivors web site</a>, for survivors of abuse, has a <a href="http://www.christiansurvivors.com/journalling.html">workshop on journaling</a> that includes an exercise called "<a href="http://www.christiansurvivors.com/journalling/lesson14.html">spiral writing</a>." It's similar to my technique, with a few nice differences. The Christian Survivors web site, for survivors of abuse, has a workshop on journaling that includes an exercise called “spiral writing.” It’s similar to my technique, with a few nice differences.

]]> By: Dale Emery http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-23 Dale Emery Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-23 Carl, a few weeks after I created the process, but before I'd described it to anyone, Jeff Nielson wondered aloud the XP mailing list about what <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/message/88478">Test-Driven Writing</a> (TDW) would look like. As I wrote in my reply there, his TDW process looked eerily like The Spiral Method. Jeff's process parallels Test-Driven Development (TDD) even more closely than mine does. The key difference is that after answering each question, Jeff revises the whole piece to integrate the new material. That clearly parallels the "refactor" step in the TDD mini-cycle. In The Spiral Method I don't integrate anything until I've blithered the whole zeroth draft. I wonder what other similar processes people have created, or will create. Carl, a few weeks after I created the process, but before I’d described it to anyone, Jeff Nielson wondered aloud the XP mailing list about what Test-Driven Writing (TDW) would look like. As I wrote in my reply there, his TDW process looked eerily like The Spiral Method.

Jeff’s process parallels Test-Driven Development (TDD) even more closely than mine does. The key difference is that after answering each question, Jeff revises the whole piece to integrate the new material. That clearly parallels the “refactor” step in the TDD mini-cycle. In The Spiral Method I don’t integrate anything until I’ve blithered the whole zeroth draft.

I wonder what other similar processes people have created, or will create.

]]> By: Carl Manaster http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-24 Carl Manaster Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-24 This sounds an awful lot like TDD - maybe TDW? I'll have to give it a try. This sounds an awful lot like TDD - maybe TDW? I’ll have to give it a try.

]]> By: Jason Yip http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-25 Jason Yip Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dalewriting.dhemery.com/2004/03/spiral_method/#comment-25 "I was excited about this idea, because though I am quite good at inventing nuggets — the central claims that make me want to write articles in the first place — I struggle with the rest of the writing process, the process of growing a nugget into an article worth writing." I have this pattern. Very interesting, I think I'll try it out. “I was excited about this idea, because though I am quite good at inventing nuggets — the central claims that make me want to write articles in the first place — I struggle with the rest of the writing process, the process of growing a nugget into an article worth writing.”

I have this pattern. Very interesting, I think I’ll try it out.

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