Have you ever had this experience:
After reading a lot of books, I felt that I had learned it when I read it, and I didn't use anything after reading it.
When reading, I am very serious, drawing lines and taking notes. Read the whole part forgetting the light.
When you want to write something, your brain is like the screen in front of you — a blank space.
Net map, invasion and deletion
You can't help but start to doubt yourself, isn't it said that knowledge changes destiny? Where has all my knowledge gone? Schenck Ahrens, a lecturer in German philosophy of education, believes that you should not write lines and notes on books while reading. This is an ineffective method of taking notes. In his book "Card Note Writing, How to Achieve From Reading to Writing", he mentions a new note method: the card box note method.
Its founder, Luhmann, was originally an ordinary civil servant, and the card box note method allowed him to write 58 books and hundreds of works, becoming a prolific sociologist. Qian Zhongshu and Haruki Murakami also wrote in this way. This kind of note-taking method not only helps us to really use the book for ourselves, but also makes writing easy and efficient. It is a necessity for scientific and non-fiction writers.
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If you want to leave knowledge behind, writing is your only way.
1 Writing helps us internalize our knowledge
Our brains favor information that we are familiar with. The knowledge points in the book, if they are not processed by us, but directly copied, are easily forgotten. And if we finish reading them and put them into our knowledge network, connect it with the existing knowledge point, even if it is just to reorganize the language and talk about this knowledge point, we will remember it more firmly.
2 Writing, help the brain clean up memory
Psychologists believe that our brains can only remember 7±2 things at the same time, and the extra things will constantly wander in our minds, greatly occupying our memory resources. Writing, on the other hand, is a way to clean up memory and help the brain run at high speed.
3 The process of writing is the process of growth
Without writing, you cannot think systematically. - Luman
Someone asked Luhmann whether writing is to help think, Luhmann said: "No, writing is the process of my thinking" The process of writing is the process of collision of new knowledge and old knowledge, the process of chemical reaction, and the process of insight and inspiration. Therefore, the process of writing is the process of growing up.
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Card box note-taking makes writing as easy as breathing
The card box note-taking method is not only a method of taking notes, but also an efficient way of writing. Different from the traditional writing process: first determine the topic, then find materials, outline, and write the main text.
In fact, writing begins as early as the time of taking notes. The process of taking notes is the process of collecting materials, increasing connections, summarizing and summarizing, and forming content. These pieces of content collide with each other, generating insights, ideas that are constantly generated will gather in groups, and the subject matter of writing will grow on its own.
This method of writing teaches us to firmly grasp the material when we first meet it, and the brain fully processes the material and writes it into notes. This is the prototype of the final draft. For example, the person who makes the necklace collects the pearls first, and when there are enough pearls, stringing the necklace is a breeze.
So, how do you use the card box note method to write?
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How to use the card box note method to write
1What types of card box notes are there?
Luhmann divided card notes into three types: "flash notes," "bibliographic notes," and "permanent notes."
"Flash notes" are similar to memos, sometimes just a thought, an inspiration. Flash Notes are only kept for 1-2 days. Later, they will be organized into "Literature Notes" or "Permanent Notes".
"As the name suggests, record the content you don't want to forget in your own words, be sure to be short, carefully selected, be extra picky about the citations, and indicate the source." Literature notes are kept permanently.
"Organize the literature notes into your own knowledge framework." Ask yourself, what does this note have to do with other notes? What's the difference? What more evidence is needed? Increase your own feelings, experiences, etc. and build links with other permanent notes. Use complete sentences, annotate sources, provide references, and be as precise, clear, and short as possible. Notes are saved permanently.
2 Specific steps of card note writing method:
(1) Take flash notes (2) Take notes (3) Take permanent notes (4) Put notes in card boxes (add tags and hyperlinks) (5) Develop topics, problems, and research topics from the bottom up of the system (6) Determine topics based on existing materials(7) Turn notes into first drafts (8) Proofread and edit manuscripts
3 Make good use of the Internet and optimize the writing method of card notes
The most confusing thing for many people after reading the "Card Note Writing Method" is that they don't know how to operate it. Because writing flash notes, literature notes, permanent notes sounds cumbersome.
We can write "flash notes" in memos and use fragmented time to process them into "literature notes" or "permanent notes".
"Literature Notes" or "Permanent Notes" can be recorded in floato or Evernote, or posted in their own self-media. For example: today's headlines, add good labels, when you need to use, directly search for keywords, all the materials are at your fingertips.
epilogue
"Card note writing is not a skill, but a system, a system for storing and organizing knowledge, expanding memories, and generating new connections and ideas." ——Flomo founder Shao Nan
The Card Note Writing Method improves our reading and writing efficiency by changing the way we think and work. Help us use the books we have read and grow in writing. Eventually we learned that what matters is not to record, but to think better.
I am a white cub, and I continue to share good books and good methods.