Well, the answers to common problems are always worth addressing. That said, if you're coming out with statements like this:
I have found that taking the material, translating it into my private journals, then returning with the distilled, researched result tends to be better for everyone involved.
then isn't it probable that you already know the answer?
Personally, I'd enjoy hearing both the refined and the unrefined versions - and one thing that I find useful for my own part is to share my unrefined responses, and refine them through subsequent conversation in comments. But if that doesn't work for you, then the idea of refining things in your personal journal seems like it would be useful, as long as it doesn't induce the kind of stalling response that keeps you from saying anything at all.
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I have found that taking the material, translating it into my private journals, then returning with the distilled, researched result tends to be better for everyone involved.
then isn't it probable that you already know the answer?
Personally, I'd enjoy hearing both the refined and the unrefined versions - and one thing that I find useful for my own part is to share my unrefined responses, and refine them through subsequent conversation in comments. But if that doesn't work for you, then the idea of refining things in your personal journal seems like it would be useful, as long as it doesn't induce the kind of stalling response that keeps you from saying anything at all.