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Call Yourself a Writer? Where Are Your Notes?
   
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Writers are notorious collectors of slips of paper. They tear articles from magazines in the doctors waiting room; they rip corners off newspapers in friends houses because they need to write down something witty; and they stuff their bags and pockets with serviettes, cigarette packs, and discarded train tickets just because note makings second nature to them.If youve always wanted to know how to make your own gift baskets, this article will give you some tips to get started. Gift baskets are such a wonderful gift and can be given for any .....
More often than not, when they eventually find a note, they havent a clue what it was related to. Just yesterday, I found this one lurking at the bottom of bag I hadnt used for months. House - blue window frames. Why wisteria? Why, indeed! I hadnt the foggiest.
Id made the one mistake a writer should never make. While Id obviously found a handy supermarket cash-out slip for my note making, I hadnt dealt with my note within 24 hours. I certainly hadnt used any form of filing system - unless thats what youd call the bottom of an old handbag.
Where A Writers Notes Should Be Put
When Ive been out, Ill usually fire up my computer as soon as I get home. I have a folder for document archiving that Ive called Ideas. Under there are a number of documents that I use as a filing system for my notes. Each note is put into one or more of the documents, depending where it fits.
Lets say Ive made a note about Shahtoosh, and how the Tibetan Antelope is almost extinct thanks to our selfish desire for luxury. Id transfer my writers notes to a document called Environment, another called Wildlife and a third named Fashion. I could also put it under Human Selfishness, but I dont have one.
The point is that you should give your each file in your document archiving system a name that means something to you. If you mostly write about food and drink related subjects, you wouldnt need a filing system for Housing Issues. If you did find something youd like to write about housing, you could pop it in your Miscellaneous file, a great place to rummage through when you fancy a break from your usual subjects.
No, what you need is Eating Out, Recipes, Wine, Alcoholic Beverages, Cakes and Deserts or something along those lines. Only you know what best suits your writing.
Filing System Not Working? Dont Worry
When you first start working on your filing system, youll probably make a few mistakes and find yourself moving things around. Dont worry - youll get there in the end. Finding a document archiving system that works properly on the first try probably never happens. Its never happened to me, anyway.
Within each filewhether youve chosen to use an MS Word document or a plain text filemake sub-headings. Going back to the food and drink note making, sub-headings in the Eating Out document could be Fast Food, Chinese Restaurants, Pub Meals, and Dinner Parties. You could add more, obviously.
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If you think youll have a lot under one heading, theres a second way of designed a filing system for your note making. Under your folder called Ideasor whatever youve chosen to call yoursyou could have a sub-folder for Food and Drink. The documents under this folder could then be called Fast Food, Pub Meals, etc.
The point is, writers notes get lost quickly so its important you design a system that works for you. But just because youve designed yourself a mind-blowing filing system, dont rest on your laurels too muchit isnt all about note making, you have to actually transfer your notes, too!
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