tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6596773788959859090..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Notebook Nirvana - Lu HerseyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58532518203803836562017-05-19T14:07:47.339+01:002017-05-19T14:07:47.339+01:00Or alternatively, never use a notebook, like Susan...Or alternatively, never use a notebook, like Susan - who may be in a minority group of non notebook users, but I bet she's not alone... :-)LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61778580834747562872017-05-19T13:57:24.811+01:002017-05-19T13:57:24.811+01:00Penny, I LOVE post it notes! Had the entire plot o...Penny, I LOVE post it notes! Had the entire plot of a novel in different colour post-its stuck on my wall at one point...then the notes kept curling and falling off the wall. Actually I never did finish that book, come to think of it...but remembering the joy of post-its makes me want to resurrect it! <br />And Rowena, I went through a stage of a lovely notebook for each story, but it just didn't work out somehow. Basically everyone has to find their own personal notebook nirvana!LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-63207610516981811862017-05-18T22:04:27.661+01:002017-05-18T22:04:27.661+01:00I've kept scruffy spiral bound reporters noteb...I've kept scruffy spiral bound reporters notebooks for years, and a Filofax with interview jottings dating back to 1993. Early in a project, it's cheap and cheerful lined paper, or more likely the back of old printed A4 sheets. But there is a moment when a story needs its own beautiful notebook. My first precious one is overwritten and interwoven, a treasure trove of stolen sentences from favourite gurus and structural patterns that can be reworked over and over. A private aide memoire. So yeah, another stationary junkie here. Maybe it's a reaction to working for decades on screen when we really want a book in our hands.Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58162814447928344182017-05-18T13:46:29.175+01:002017-05-18T13:46:29.175+01:00I too have a collection of half-used notebooks as ...I too have a collection of half-used notebooks as well as some beautiful ones - often gifts - that I don't like to blight the pages with my untidy scribbles. Besides, such showy notebooks tend to be heavy and rigid too, which can make them slightly burdensome to carry around. <br /><br />I fear, if I tried the "universal" notebook method, the pages would soon be depressingly full of lots of other Things To Do, not lots of writing ideas. (Maybe Magrs lives a different sort of life?) <br /><br />Recently, I've used wire-bound notebooks, tearing out the written-on pages and keeping the sections that might be useful, though I do have special journals for journeys. And I'm a great fan of Post-It notes for odd ideas - or any scrap of paper.<br /><br />Interesting post, Lu, Thanks!<br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21551069141455038222017-05-18T12:13:25.725+01:002017-05-18T12:13:25.725+01:00Not me, I'm afraid, Sue - I agree with Lu, I j...Not me, I'm afraid, Sue - I agree with Lu, I just love notebooks! But mine have to be A5 size, spiral-bound, and LINED! (I can't cope with plain pages.) I have loads of them -most of them fairly cheap, because as you say, Lu, if they're too expensive and beautiful you feel you must save them for something really special, and you never know when you start jotting notes whether it's going to turn out to be special. I have a couple of these, which were presents from friends, and I love them but so far haven't written anything in them.<br />Thank you, Lu, for a really interesting post.Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37884920221351902642017-05-18T10:37:08.933+01:002017-05-18T10:37:08.933+01:00I am not criticising anyone's notebook addicti...I am not criticising anyone's notebook addiction - to each their own - but I've never really understood it. Partly for reasons given above - the cost and the multiplication of notebooks - but mostly because I've never felt the urge.<br /><br />If I have what I think is a good idea, I count on remembering it. If it's a good idea, I reason, it'll resurface in its own good time, perhaps bringing a friend with it. Then I have a plot.<br /><br />Otherwise, I scribble on old envelopes, backs of junk mail, old manuscripts - and chuck it when I've typed it up. Or I make notes in lots of different colours on my computer - this could happen - or that could happen - or this other thing. I move them up or down according to how workable they are, and join workable ideas together until I know where my story is going next.<br /><br />There must be others out there, surely, who don't use notebooks?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39166901202404494292017-05-18T10:13:23.144+01:002017-05-18T10:13:23.144+01:00Ha! love that you all suffer the surfeit of expens...Ha! love that you all suffer the surfeit of expensive (and mostly unused) notebook syndrome! Bethan I think your idea is brilliant...LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84764900989082159322017-05-18T09:52:36.534+01:002017-05-18T09:52:36.534+01:00I buy mine from the "cheap" shop in the ...I buy mine from the "cheap" shop in the local shopping centre - on the grounds that it doesn't matter if I tear pages out or they get battered to death. I would love a beautiful notebook but there is no point given my handwriting!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65464389318891405152017-05-18T08:58:28.247+01:002017-05-18T08:58:28.247+01:00I think someone should organise a swap evening for...I think someone should organise a swap evening for all writers and stationery addicts: bring along all the notebooks etc you have bought but never used because they are not quite right, and see if someone else has rejected your perfect notebook. Would save us all a lot of money...Bethannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59809632231598503132017-05-18T08:00:02.506+01:002017-05-18T08:00:02.506+01:00Tempted to match your photo with my array of nice ...Tempted to match your photo with my array of nice notebooks, all empty save a page or too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776280611962443922noreply@blogger.com