Thanks for the post, now I want to write something new! Oh I'm a notebook girl for the shiny new ideas. Notebooks and...erm...when I don't have a notebook on me....gmail drafts.
gotta love a good blank moleskine or leuchtturm, but I'm also a fan of any notebook that was given to me as a gift and looks too pretty to use - I'm gonna use it!
Ohh yes to gift notebooks! Those are fun to get. I have a Leuchtturm somewhere in my office, waiting to be used, but I'm a big fan of Clairefontaine -- the paper is soooo smoooooth.
I use the notes app on my phone and whenever I have a new idea I wrote it there. A basic idea of what came to me and then any quick details of what it might cover. As you said you do, like with Incarnate. I make sure to have just enough of the overall idea so I can come back to it later when the mood strikes.
I use Google Drive just for keeping notes and ideas, and to test the story to see if it has legs. If it does, I give it its own Scrivener document. But using Drive to test it out really helps maintain a low-stakes sandbox environment where I can play and be imperfect while I throw stuff at the wall, so to speak.
Thanks for the post, now I want to write something new! Oh I'm a notebook girl for the shiny new ideas. Notebooks and...erm...when I don't have a notebook on me....gmail drafts.
Ohh I don't think I've just done gmail drafts, but I've definitely emailed ideas to myself too.
What's your favorite type of notebook?
gotta love a good blank moleskine or leuchtturm, but I'm also a fan of any notebook that was given to me as a gift and looks too pretty to use - I'm gonna use it!
Ohh yes to gift notebooks! Those are fun to get. I have a Leuchtturm somewhere in my office, waiting to be used, but I'm a big fan of Clairefontaine -- the paper is soooo smoooooth.
Oooh! I'll have to try it!
I use the notes app on my phone and whenever I have a new idea I wrote it there. A basic idea of what came to me and then any quick details of what it might cover. As you said you do, like with Incarnate. I make sure to have just enough of the overall idea so I can come back to it later when the mood strikes.
It's definitely important to have enough there to come back to! I know *I* will definitely forget things.
I use Google Drive just for keeping notes and ideas, and to test the story to see if it has legs. If it does, I give it its own Scrivener document. But using Drive to test it out really helps maintain a low-stakes sandbox environment where I can play and be imperfect while I throw stuff at the wall, so to speak.
Fantastic post! Thank you for the inspiration!
Oh I like the idea of using Google Drive as a sandbox before committing to a Scrivener project. Low stakes, very portable -- great idea!