Sep
19
A reader’s writing toys
Filed Under Random stationery, Stationery Lover's Life, index cards, sticky notes
(Image by wenxin)
I envy the high organisation of this reader. I’d like to emulate it; I probably even have all the necessary tools to put together my own kit like this one. (Not highlighters, though. I’m catastrophically lacking highlighters.)
However, I’d probably end up so engrossed with whatever I’m reading, that I’d forget to take notes.
I wonder how she uses the index cards. Anybody have any idea?
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I use index cards to write down topics I want to follow up, or books I want to get later. One per card. Then I take them to the library with me.
I love the colours in the photo.
IMO, these look like writer’s tools. I’ve collected research on notecards.
And I would use the tabs as bookmarks for pages where I’d marked passages that I’d highlight. (I’m not organized enough to use different colors in different places.)
As for the square sticky notes, I have used a different color for each plot line to outline a story down a bare wall.
Leonora - You’re right, the colours are superb. So cheerful!
Rhonda - I like the sticky notes idea. I usually outline in mind-mapping programs, and then get completely entangled in the maps when I print them out. Never quite got the handle of the notecard research, though. How do you keep track of what’s on which card - do you file them by topic, or something?
Hiya, Cinderberry — Kind of. I put the topic in the upper left hand corner. A “slug” of the idea goes in the upper right. Then, I start the real note (the info) a line or two below.
Back in my college days when I was writing term papers — which is where this system started — that upper right corner held the page numbers. Flipped over on the back was the source written out the way the profs wanted them for bibliographies.
This sounds so practical and useful, I’m having a proper light-bulb moment here. Thanks for this!