Note Taking Basics - Fiction and Novels

Sometimes you feel like you have accidentally found a hidden jewel and this is what your video content feels like on Youtube.

We once read a play by Lessing in the class and the teacher just told us the ending when we weren't even past the second act yet. At that moment I realized how awful the school system actually is to the point that the story or the plot doesn't even matter anymore. They just want you to analyze everything without actually engaging with the story. Not that analyzing is bad, I just think it's a secondary step one can take to appreciate the text in all of its depth. How wonderful would our literature classes have been, had it been this way and not the other way around. Thank you for your content!!

it’s been about two weeks i found your channel, and as a old bookworm who slowly got out of reading due to a number of distractions, i just want to say... thank you.

I don't dislike youtuber that have a fancy intros, but simple youtubers with no intro have a special place in my heart

You r the most underrated youtube channel I have ever seen.....u explain things in a simple way which is lit Pls keep on posting more vids in the future

YouTube is such a beautiful place where you can find these amazing talented people who inspires you the most that strangely don’t get noticed

This is exactly what I used to do as a kid/teenager. Then I got into college and I started seeing all these people on YouTube reading books at lightning speed and making notes like there is no tomorrow. This was reassuring to be honest. I have to go back to my old ways.

That's why there's a big issue of high school kids reading books they don't enjoy and then they stop reading entirely because they don't receive the proper experience of a book. I know a bunch of people that have read books they read in high school afterwords that enjoyed it much more.

This was never taught in school. We just blindly read a book every week as an assignment to complete. Your videos are really insightful. Thank you for it!

It would be certainly epic if he could make a podcast. Dont you think?

It helped so much to pre-read a book because when you tried taking notes in between it makes your thoughts go everywhere All your advice is really really good here

‘Take what you want and... Go AWAY’ had me laugh. Really enjoying your content here! Found your channel today and having great fun listening to your ideas on reading. I never get to really talk about it with friends as much so it’s nice to hear somebody’s thoughts on it unobstructed and with genuine interest!

keep doin' stuff like this , It's absolutely useful . Otherwise , we're in age of missing information

I feel like "experience based learning" applies to watching movies based on fictional topics, worlds, and characters too. Sometimes when I watch a movie for the first time, I don't even like it all that much because I was so focused on experiencing everything for the first time I wasn't able to focus on the deeper themes. But upon rewatching it a second time, I usually end up liking the movie a whole lot better because I've already had the experience of sympathizing with the characters and getting engrossed in the world, that I'm able to take a deeper look into what it all means.

I just read 1984 but I just couldn`t actually deeply analyse every concept and idea.I always had to read for a second time,it`s nice to hear that it`s the best way to tackle this kind of book.

Your videos have given me the ok to take time with books, and actually process them instead of feeling pressured to read them as quickly as possible, thank you so much

You have truly changed how I will be reading books from now on. I am so glad I stumbled onto your video. I have watched a copious number of videos on annotating, trying to understand it, but yours is THE ONE that really helped me see that experience goes before facts. My favorite quote from your video "Things only make sense in retrospect" It should be a no brainer thing to think but WOW, I was hit by this and am blown away. Thank you for your hard work!

Honestly, too many disclaimers. But love your content .. thank you! In my ripe old age, I've concluded that education in America is kind of like a guided vacation tour ... one touches on a great many things in order to discover what one would like to return to and study in depth. Reading is similar .. read to get the overall view of a book, then return to delve deeply into the salient points. Actually, life is similar too. You must begin as a multi-passionate individual .. experience all the things .. then delve deeply into that which interests you and makes your heart sing!

I want to hear you speak in a Ted Talk someday.

I'm so glad I discovered this channel. Your channel is gold. The content is so good and useful