DescribeFieldstoneOneSentence

From the SortingFieldStones page, I ask that people describe fieldstones in one sentence. I am interested in reading what different people write.

DwaynePhillips 6 September 2006

Fieldstone: One piece of knowledge that I notice and write on a 3x5 card for later use.

DwaynePhillips 6 September 2006

An idea that I might use in a piece of writing. --DaleEmery 2006-09-06

Something I have seen, heard, smelled, tasted or felt written down so that I can remember it.

SteveSmith 2006.09.06

An image, idea, street sign, learning, quotation, or anything else I capture because it interests me and/or I think I might want to use it sometime in writing, speaking or thinking.--FionaCharles 6-Sep-2006

A single clue that seems profound enough, and surprising enough, that I want to remember it and I'm not sure I will. -- JimBullock, 2006.09.07

Small bits of raw material that you might later put together with other raw material to build something (a story, article, book). --DaveSmith 2006.09.07

Don't forget code fragments that can be used elsewhere. CharlesAdams 2006.09.07

My fieldstones are rough little essays of 200-500 words.

I also keep a topic file that's just a list of 3-7 word phrases to remind me of a topic or idea that caught my interest (at some time, for some period of time). I use the topic list when I'm in my "I don't have anything to say" phase.

EstherDerby 2006.09.08

My fieldstones are as small as three words or as long as a few sentences. Sometimes, they're titles. Well, since I think writing titles is hardware than writing anything else, they're a working title, so I remember what the trigger was. -- JohannaRothman 2006.09.08

I am enjoying reading these descriptions of feild stones. I would love to hear how each of you sorts your fieldstones back in the SortingFieldStones page.

DwaynePhillips 9 September 2006

Anything I notice and respond to.

KurtSimmons 2006.09.09

I've been watching this list develop, with great interest. I think Kurt has come closest to my description--it's the response that makes the difference (in the Satir Interaction Model, it's the "significance," the emotional charge the idea, image, words, or whatever carries for you. These emotionally charged items are the beginning of larger constructs that also carry emotional charge. - JerryWeinberg 2006.09.17 (Oh, was that supposed to be one sentence? Well, I could make it into a sentence if someone insists--semicolons are wonderful that way.) - JerryWeinberg 2006.09.17

A nugget I want to review again, later. -- GeorgeDinwiddie 2006.09.19

Updated: Tuesday, September 19, 2006