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A review by paulrules
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens
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3.5 stars.
Luhmann's Zettelkasten has intrigued me for a while. This book was helpful in some areas, but was more of a collection of stories, anecdotes, or other research (seems to be true of most books on writing). Perhaps I am just an engineer, but would have liked more concrete examples. Most of the time, the advice was "you have to learn by doing." Thanks, very helpful. I'm not looking for a "here is exactly what you do," but more examples would have gone a long way. There are still too many differing opinions (which the author complains about!), and I didn't feel he gave enough guidance to clear things up.
If you want to skip over the "here is why this method is important", start with chapter 10 or 11.
Luhmann's Zettelkasten has intrigued me for a while. This book was helpful in some areas, but was more of a collection of stories, anecdotes, or other research (seems to be true of most books on writing). Perhaps I am just an engineer, but would have liked more concrete examples. Most of the time, the advice was "you have to learn by doing." Thanks, very helpful. I'm not looking for a "here is exactly what you do," but more examples would have gone a long way. There are still too many differing opinions (which the author complains about!), and I didn't feel he gave enough guidance to clear things up.
If you want to skip over the "here is why this method is important", start with chapter 10 or 11.