I suppose it's different for different people. For me, they're interspersed and it's why I find writing so painful - I'm not just transcribing clearly delineated thinking from my mind - I think / write simultaneously. Blood from a stone.
I think people like you think, wonder, connect ideas and so on while reading, digesting and taking notes. Keep on keepin' on, as Mr. natural would say.
I am very much a both / and person, rather than either / or: so I'd say writing is a way to express ourselves AND it is a way to share understanding
I still maintain that understanding precedes the writing, though.
I suppose it's different for different people. For me, they're interspersed and it's why I find writing so painful - I'm not just transcribing clearly delineated thinking from my mind - I think / write simultaneously. Blood from a stone.
You are no stone
I think people like you think, wonder, connect ideas and so on while reading, digesting and taking notes. Keep on keepin' on, as Mr. natural would say.