I just love your videos. I am going to start a PhD in less than a week and I am so excited to take my Zettelkasten with me from my studies and my prior job as a research assistant - I wish I had had it for longer and kept it updated better, but it is still great to feel like I have an accessible foundation to draw from :)
So... Scrintal aside... in your step 5... existing material can be linked as you say, but in Scrital and Obsidian - 'ghost' notes can be added, perhaps also tagged as 'ghosts' so that in your calendar, you can assign a working block to 'fill' ghost notes... works for me. And the expansion of the outline in chapter by chapter 'Kanban-ish' style is nice... I colour code for the level of detail in the outline. As in about a paragraph for the chapter it is yellow, for a chapter that is outlined at about the 'novel writing level' of a scene is blue, and down to the beat level, green - i.e. next step there is to write the beat, scene or chapter. Red chapters, are "empty". Excellent low resistance method for returning to the habit of writing, excellent vid - thank you.
Thank you Morgen for your video as always! And hope you are moving forward on your PhD! Mine also took quite long to finish and a lot of unexpected things happened which also hindered the process. But keep going!!
I'm working on again, off again on a few large projects, and have been thinking about ways to pull everything into cache easily. You're paralleling some of my thoughts, though for me, I'm working extensively with outlines. There's more to this (and thanks to your video, I may actually write this up and publish it) but, essentially, an outline where you can hide away the sub-elements (eg by folding) can contain your top level to do list, your outlining, all the way down to individual tasks. The top level to do list is only "too overwhelming" if it can't be decomposed into smaller elements and recomposed into an overview. I don't mean this as a critique of what you're doing, of course, just as a conceptual framework that might help you find other fruitful methods within what you're already doing. Thanks, as always, for the inspiration! And, you can do this!
Thanks so much Morgan -- this is a really helpful video. I purchased Scrintal with your code earlier this year and have written a couple of articles with it -- and it's been good. Sometime I would love a video of your integration of Scrintal and Obsidian in your zettelkasten. How are you doing that these days?
Do you have any recommendations for learning about performance theory? I used to act years ago and I participate in a lot of interactive fiction, and I'm fascinated by the little asides you give in many of your videos like 'non-human turn' or 'actor network theory'. But my performing arts qualification was pre-degree and mainly practical, so I have no idea how to start learning about the performing arts academically - although I do have a BSc in Psychology, so I'm comfortable approaching academic work. There's just so much to look at when it's not a field you're familiar with, and it's intimidating to know where to start. I'd be grateful if you had any recommendations. I'm also eager to read your work when it's finished - I have enjoyed your short-form work here on RUclips and on medium.
Yes, absolutely! Would you want to email me with some of your theatre/performance interests and I'll recommend some academic books? morgan@morganeua.com 🙂
I just love your videos. I am going to start a PhD in less than a week and I am so excited to take my Zettelkasten with me from my studies and my prior job as a research assistant - I wish I had had it for longer and kept it updated better, but it is still great to feel like I have an accessible foundation to draw from :)
So... Scrintal aside... in your step 5... existing material can be linked as you say, but in Scrital and Obsidian - 'ghost' notes can be added, perhaps also tagged as 'ghosts' so that in your calendar, you can assign a working block to 'fill' ghost notes... works for me. And the expansion of the outline in chapter by chapter 'Kanban-ish' style is nice... I colour code for the level of detail in the outline. As in about a paragraph for the chapter it is yellow, for a chapter that is outlined at about the 'novel writing level' of a scene is blue, and down to the beat level, green - i.e. next step there is to write the beat, scene or chapter. Red chapters, are "empty".
Excellent low resistance method for returning to the habit of writing, excellent vid - thank you.
Thank you Morgen for your video as always! And hope you are moving forward on your PhD! Mine also took quite long to finish and a lot of unexpected things happened which also hindered the process. But keep going!!
I'm working on again, off again on a few large projects, and have been thinking about ways to pull everything into cache easily. You're paralleling some of my thoughts, though for me, I'm working extensively with outlines. There's more to this (and thanks to your video, I may actually write this up and publish it) but, essentially, an outline where you can hide away the sub-elements (eg by folding) can contain your top level to do list, your outlining, all the way down to individual tasks. The top level to do list is only "too overwhelming" if it can't be decomposed into smaller elements and recomposed into an overview.
I don't mean this as a critique of what you're doing, of course, just as a conceptual framework that might help you find other fruitful methods within what you're already doing.
Thanks, as always, for the inspiration! And, you can do this!
Thank you for the update, and for the helpful advice! Much appreciated!
Thanks for following along!
I'm running neck and neck with you...ugh! Keep up the good work!!
Thanks so much Morgan -- this is a really helpful video. I purchased Scrintal with your code earlier this year and have written a couple of articles with it -- and it's been good. Sometime I would love a video of your integration of Scrintal and Obsidian in your zettelkasten. How are you doing that these days?
First! Stoked to follow your progress
Thanks for sticking around to see what I'm up to!
Way to go, Morgan.
Thank you!
FINALLY!!
Lol, finally I'm working on my PhD again? 😂 I feel the same 🤣
Do you have any recommendations for learning about performance theory? I used to act years ago and I participate in a lot of interactive fiction, and I'm fascinated by the little asides you give in many of your videos like 'non-human turn' or 'actor network theory'. But my performing arts qualification was pre-degree and mainly practical, so I have no idea how to start learning about the performing arts academically - although I do have a BSc in Psychology, so I'm comfortable approaching academic work. There's just so much to look at when it's not a field you're familiar with, and it's intimidating to know where to start. I'd be grateful if you had any recommendations. I'm also eager to read your work when it's finished - I have enjoyed your short-form work here on RUclips and on medium.
Yes, absolutely! Would you want to email me with some of your theatre/performance interests and I'll recommend some academic books? morgan@morganeua.com 🙂
Ty for believing in me more than me 🤣
You can do this!!! 🎉