i already made a thread like this why would you make another

>>24571402 (OP)
I tried once but only wrote down 2 or 3 useless sentences before stopping
I'll try it again if I ever stray away from fiction

>>24571407
not OP but I just checked that thread and it's probably best to try again

>>24571402 (OP)
GODDAMN I hate this "cutesy business" aesthetic
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Fuck that. These people are actively making the world worse. They need to stop doing this soul-degrading shit instead of trying to self-help their way into a soul.

>>24571402 (OP)
I read mostly fiction so no.

>>24571409
>I tried once but only wrote down 2 or 3 useless sentences before stopping
This is also my hangup. I find that "rephrasing what is already written" is the worst thing you could do, despite it being the method almost anyone who has ever attended primary school was taught to do. If it's already in the book, it's not worth rewriting, you're just going to write a shallow imitation of it. Instead, I write my fleeting reactions and questions, things that are not captured in the text, but may provide clues for understanding once I reference them later. Dumping stream of consciousness onto the paper as a future aide memoir.
Also, if what you're writing is not worth returning to in the future, it wasn't worth writing to begin with.

>>24571402 (OP)
The only people who do this are college students or women who want to appear intelligent/quirky. You should not be annotating your books. You should be reading intently, a bit slowly, and hanging onto words so you fully understand the scene going on.

>>24571428
What if you're reading something as long as winding as scripture?

>>24571428
people have been writing in books for a thousand years fuck you

>>24571402 (OP)
To not take notes is to passively consume content and just letting ideas pass through. I've actually tried to force myself to not take any notes, and it turns out I will use my brain to memorize all the thoughts that I come up with. Quite a stretching.
>>24571428
Maybe true for certain types of people, but there have always been legitimate and intellectual uses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten#History

>>24571402 (OP)
>>24571402 (OP)
Sometimes, but mostly I do very quick rereading immediately after finishing for the first time and that's when I take notes. I use notepad++ for that.

>>24571462
>it turns out I will use my brain to memorize all the thoughts that I come up with
this is why it's superior. having a notebook handy is to passively dump momentary thoughts and not contend with them.

>>24571402 (OP)
Of course

>>24571462
>To not take notes is to passively consume content and just letting ideas pass through
What did she mean by this?

Yes, especially when studying math and computer science.

Sure do. They always help me form a cohesive view of the whole book after I've finished reading it. Also the notes aren't just strictly limited to what'll help with the "book report". It ranges from new words to mini bibliographies.

>>24571407
this one's better :)