in 7 sentences or less

[gurdonark]

1. In law school one reads lots of actual appellate cases. 2. The cases are read less for what rules they teach than to illustrate to the student how to pierce the maze and fog of facts to glean the rules which the court is trying to teach. 3. One is taught to "outline" the cases read to distill them to their legal essence.
4. One law school study truism is that the factual portions of the case should always be distilled to seven or fewer essential sentences.
5. The key three or five or seven sentences are all that matter--any more and the student has missed the forest for the trees.
6. Sometimes I believe that my livejournal posts should also be stated in seven sentences or less.
7. But so many times the irrelevant asides in someone's post are my guideposts to the inner truth of the post; the God is in the details.

Comments

[voodoukween.livejournal.com]

yes it is

there is something to be said for the distillation process and true, sometimes less is more and one group emphasizes "10 words or less" in expressing a point then again, the truth is often found after much sifting and sorting

i like assembly-disassembly best

nice to see you again

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I like that phrase--the truth is found after much sifting and sorting.

Welcome back! I hope your mountain time was special!
I could use a week in the Alberta Mountains right now myself, but Alberta is a long flight and a long time away.

thanks...

[yulbrynner.livejournal.com]

I'll try to keep this in mind. Like the format.

Re: thanks...

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

Good to hear from you. If this is indeed to be *the year*, let me know, and I'll be happy to impart all 12 of my pearls of wisdom on how to go.

I think this is the year that I'm going to begin a little booklet on the subject. Some kind soul on vault offered to ebook it for me, and I may look him up and accept the offer,or have my brother the Compassionate Computer Genius ebook it for me.

I hate to shamelessly pontificate, as I tend to do on that subject, but I like to help, and sometimes I feel I can.

As always, anything I can do to help, I will.

I appreciate all of the help I can get...

[yulbrynner.livejournal.com]

I think that this is to be "the year" - I am ready mentally, emotionally, and psychogically, if not necessarily financially. I worry a bit about the things I am giving up - not so much the "career" per se, as the prospect isn't so appealing - but more so the "fun" aspects of my life - the financial freedom and the free time I am afforded. I worry, also, about my prospects in applying - I think I make a strong impression as a person, but I'm not sure how well I can translate that to paper - I hate to say it - but I get into tierism as well... I admit the limitations of my ego, but I have to acknowlege its presence all the same. I would appreciate whatever wisdom you can impart and I hope you do put together a book, or at least a booklet.