Comments on: Why you should Delay Writing your Brand-building Book http://www.activegarage.com/delay-writing-brandbuilding-book Tue, 14 May 2013 06:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MicroSourcing http://www.activegarage.com/delay-writing-brandbuilding-book/comment-page-1#comment-2260 MicroSourcing Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:34:00 +0000 http://www.activegarage.com/?p=9232#comment-2260 The great thing with asking questions is that it reminds us the we don’t know everything, or that in asking the right questions, we learn more than we thought we knew. People should also remember that asking questions doesn’t erode credibility in any way. 

]]> By: Roger C. Parker http://www.activegarage.com/delay-writing-brandbuilding-book/comment-page-1#comment-2218 Roger C. Parker Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.activegarage.com/?p=9232#comment-2218 Hi, Conor:
Thank you for commenting and adding depth to this point.

Perhaps the key to identifying the right balance is to define the questions you want to answer through your writing? I agree that maps are useful, but I also appreciate Writing to Learn (William Zinsser) and Writing to Discover (Don Murray).

Perhaps its easier to pose a few key questions, or give yourself an arbitrary challenge, (I’m going to codify the 8 elements of … Success) and start writing to discover.

Do any others want to weigh in?
Roger

]]> By: Conor http://www.activegarage.com/delay-writing-brandbuilding-book/comment-page-1#comment-2216 Conor Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:02:00 +0000 http://www.activegarage.com/?p=9232#comment-2216 Reminds me of Stephen Covey’s lema “Start with the End in Mind”.  You need a map to have a productive journey.  On the other side of the coin, if the journey is too planned – it leaves little time to take up opportunities that arise along the path…  What is the right balance of clarity on end product, and openness to learning along the journey of writing?

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