Unless that summary is what you want to write about more than anything else.
hhmmm... a good thing to ponder, Sir David Wendelken.
I guess because helping others flows like sap through Ent's xylem.
Not all can afford the resources perhaps, nor have access to them - and perhaps not all have the time at hand to dig through the
materials to toss the chaff from the wheat.
Since I'm there digging anyway, a bit more time piecing a summary together may be helpful and appreciated by some. So, I offer.
Of course, a bit of it is very selfish, for these reasons:
1. Putting twig to keyboard to summarize helps Ent's retention of the material.
2. Putting twig to keyboard perpares something with potential use in other future applications.
3. Also prepares a base document for expansion, should the decision be made to do so. (For publication in a journal, or other vehicle, for example.)
4. May also serve some who want to pass it along to others, for their assistance.
But fundamentally, Ent concludes it all boils down to the same reason he edits others' works at no cost. There's an innate desire in Ent somehow, to help others "look as good as they can" in what they do. (This assumes they find the nature of Ent's help actually helpful, of course.)
the one author Ent has assisted the most, has now gone on to have his work accepted by a publishing house, is publishing numerous (edited) articles in numerous journals, and has been invited to speak on several podcasts, and at conventions. Ent is really pleased to see his work moving forward, and he being successful.
And two other
authors are very enamoured of Ent's editing ability, as well as his work in the "How To Think" and "mankind no longer knows how to think"
realm, as well as in his upcoming book.
Of course, Ent is really looking for a successor to carry that work to its conclusion, given Ent's age - and as one of those writers is "in the profession" dealing with thinking, and thinks somewhat along the same lines, there's a potential strong candidate for it. At least for Book 1. (But there's much underlying development yet to do - and a different successor will be needed for the 2nd and 3rd
books, as the one in view for the first does not have the depth in a certain arena, to carry the other two off. )
Anyway, offers like the one made above just happen with Ent. Seems to be as much a part of the walk toward his end, as is breathing, or digging the roots in to extract nourishment from the soils of life. (Such as poetic form - its value and its history - when the time presents it.)
In sum, it seems the summary, if helpful, is what I'd like to do more than anything else in the moment at hand.
Seems an appropriate "redeeming of time."
(Ask a simple quesion - or in this case, make a simple statement - sorry, Ent always ponders and never shuts up about his thoughts on a matter.)