When I wrote my first real diary last week, I realized that I spent a lot of time searching for information and sourcing it. Even though I had previously read that very information on the blogs I frequent, the lack of having it organized and available for reference made writing the diary a longer process than necessary.
With the DSM starting to get traction, many people will be writing diaries about the fixing of the evidence and will need the research to back up their assertions. So I was thinking about doing a series of diaries to provide that research in an easily accessed format. These wouldn’t be exciting, breaking story, deep analysis kind of diaries but rather a source of information for those writing other exciting, breaking story, deep analysis kind of diaries.
The general format would be something like:
Brief Summary
Timeline
Facts
Administration Quotes
Quote
information known prior to statement
contradictory statements
Talking Points/Counter Talking Points
Audio/Visual
More Information/Links
Not only could we make diaries by issue, we could have them by person also (and cross reference). So if you are looking for Frist quotes, we could keep a diary of them so you could easily search it.
They would be a work in process, as I would add to the diaries as I find more information or as people post comments that include more information. I would also reorganize the information as needed. And others could make diaries of the same sort. Others, who like me, have no talent for writing but are good at the tedious and boring job of organizing and sorting information.
Before I went too far in the process I wanted to get other opinions, which seem to be hard to get on diary ideas. So please, if this idea sucks let me know.