The effortlessly effervescent Emerald has dropped by with a few of her notes. She says:
Hi Alison,
Well I've sent you so many pictures of my panties, it seems I could manage to send you one or two of my notes as well, heh.
Most of my notes I do via computer. This is because they are then so much easier (sometimes even possible) to read. Seriously. For as long as I can remember my handwriting has been absurdly un-neat, especially if I am writing something I really want to get down and things seem to be coming faster than I can write. So whenever possible/pracitcal, I type any notes I want to actually be able to read later.
That being said, I also keep little notebooks in my car, on my nightstand, in my purse, and of course around my desk in case I need to write something down and the keyboard isn't handy. I won't send you any of those notes. :) But here are some from when handwritten notes do enter the process for me. After I have a rough draft, or part of one, I have tended to print it out and then go over it with a pen, scribbling all sorts of things here and there in what appears to be a very little-organized fashion. I then have the task of deciphering it and adding it in on the computer to the rough draft (only to print it out again for the next go-around). I do end up probably wasting a lot of paper this way...hmm.
Anyway, here's an early printed draft of my story "With Random Precision" that's in RKB's Love Notes anthology. This multiplied by about 10 or so is what my apartment looks like on most surfaces (including the floor) when I'm on a story deadline. :)
Have a beautiful day.
Best,
Emerald
I have more notes to post, and I'm hoping more come in. But I'm out most of today. Please remember to vote if you haven't already.
XXX,
Alison
6 comments:
Call me kinky--please!--but the swooping arrows and unruly additions are getting me kind of worked up. I can feel the creative energy behind it. It's like watching a chef cook, mmm. Thanks for sharing, Emerald!
ah - nothing like neatly printed out papers with lots of dirty squiggles and lines on them - it is possible to see passion on the page. Thanks for this peek Emerald (and I bet those notebooks you're not showing are even hotter) ;-)
wow, this seems really neat and tidy compared to random sketches and scribble in my book. I wish I could be this organized. Thanks for letting us peek at your notes.
I bet those notebooks I'm not showing are even messier, lol. "Neatly printed out papers with lots of dirty squiggles" -- yep, that about sums it up! :)
Truly, the degree to which it looks "organized" is because of that first part about typing anything I want to be able to read easily later. Sometimes deciphering my handwriting is like breaking a code.
Donna...you flatter me. :)
Thanks very much, all of you!
Hi Emerald,
I think your system of taking notes is quite lovely.
Thanks for sharing!
Emerald, thanks for sharing! I understand these notes; they're talking my language. This is the rockin' "I'm getting it done" note format.
BTW, I can't decipher my own handwriting either.
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