Greetings,
poets and storytellers. I hope you and yours are doing as well as 2020 has allowed any of us, and that 2021
brings better things to every aspect of your lives (and mine, too): at home, at work, in our
writing…
Speaking
of writing, how do you take notes on the go? On a notebook?
On your phone? On both? Or, mayhap, on any surface that lends itself to
the purpose (i.e., napkins, receipts, coffee or tea
paper cups, skin…)? I’m asking because I recently witnessed a wonderfully heated
argument between a writing group, where some members did their note-taking on notebooks
and others did it on their phones.
I
was not surprised by the topic of the discussion. The print or digital question
is a very common philosophical debate in writing circles. I was, however, taken
aback by the viciousness of some of the reactions. There was a lot of not-quite-passive
aggressive name calling. And when it was my turn to answer, and I confessed
that I didn’t really care (I have taken quick
notes on leaves, on the inside of my skirt, on my legs), both groups united
to point out the horror of my erroneous ways. It was hysterical (don’t tell them I said that *cough*, who knows what
they might do).
So,
my beloved poets and storytellers, notebook or phone, or both and more?
Now,
let us open the Writers’ Pantry. Link poetry or prose, new or old, short or
longish, fictional or
realistically dystopian… the choice is
always yours. If you go for prose, please choose 369 words or fewer as your
word count. Mr. Linky will stay open for a week. Let us write, read, think
together. Also, since this is going to be my last 2020 hosting, let me wish you healthy,
warm, peaceful, hopeful Holidays. We have one Weekly Scribblings and one
more Writers’ Pantry left this year, so please don’t pack your ink and quill just
yet. 😉
- for our next Weekly Scribblings, Rommy would like
us “to think about how we might finish this sentence, ‘Down in my bones, I feel
______________’. If you’d rather tackle this from a different angle, you also
have the option to write about bones in general. It also isn’t necessary to use
the exact phrasing.” But you can, if you want to.
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I very seldom take notes! I trust my subconscious to store and release whatever I need when I need it ... mostly. I do occasionally jot down pertinent details, usually factual details I might not otherwise recall accurately later, and when I do it's on anything handy – often, and preferably, my phone. This was not always the case. In years past I always carried a small notebook and a pen. I now have a stack of those notebooks gathering dust unopened! It's easier to open up my memory than to scrabble, left-brained, through all those pages. The notes on my phone are really very few, and get deleted after being used (or when I decide I don't need them after all).
ReplyDeleteYour subconscious needs to have a conversation with my subconscious. Seriously, if I don't write it, it is very likely that the heart of it will be lost or changed.
DeleteIf actual lines and phrases for a piece of writing form in my head, then I have to repeat them mentally to fix them, and get them written down as fast as possible.
DeleteI am an avid note taker, but my writing is so bad I have trouble reading it! I invented a kind of speed writing, which helps a bit. At the moment, I don't have any reason to take notes, and look forward to a time when I can start again. I love pen and paper.
ReplyDeletePen and paper are really nice companions, aren't they?
DeleteMy writing is atrocious too, and often illegible even to me if it's too long after the event. I learned a form of speed writing (not my own invention) but even that can be hard to read. This may have something to do with my embrace of digital note-taking!
DeleteI use my cell phone to take notes, most of the time.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday every one
much love...
Happiest Sunday, Gillena.
DeleteI take down notes on my phone about ten percent of the time. The rest I try on pieces of paper around me - receipts, calendars, old tickets, etc. I only stopped once when I realized it was an important gradschool document, practically irreplaceable. My little son used to take unintelligible notes on his chubby legs and arms with my lipstick.
ReplyDeleteI so hope you took some pictures of your little boy's note-taking techniques. That's just too cute.
DeleteI'm always happier when I remember to take notes, LOL, and I don't care what I do it with. I admit I was a little reluctant to start doing it on my phone, but when the choice was to capture a neat way of phrasing something/ a cool idea or forget it, I'm going to go with the former.
ReplyDeleteI started using my phone to take notes when my hands weren't doing very well. I, too, was a bit reluctant--even resentful, methinks--but I don't mind it now. Still, it can get interesting when I try to match the notes on one medium to the another medium.
Deletegood day, everyone!
ReplyDeletei am old school so i like to write. i write on a small notebook i carry around. i have written on napkins and envelopes (but not on a leaf). now sometimes i type into a smartphone.
I often use fallen leaves as bookmarks. So most of the time, the notes I take on leaves have something to do with reading. I like the idea of using just one notebook to take my notes, but... I'm horrible at keeping just one notebook with me all the time. Sigh.
DeleteI've never used my phone for notes! I have a notebook in my purse, napkins in the glove box, old magazines etc. Yesterday I used a paper towel in the garden shed, although for a container count, not poetry.
ReplyDeleteSo, how many containers? 😁
DeleteFor starters, my iPhone is one of the smaller variety, could never take notes on it. My arthritic fingers a huge barrier. I have been known to get up in the middle of the night, after a dream ... jot notes on a little tablet next to my bed. Otherwise, like Rosemary, everything seems to be lodged somewhere inside this aging brain of mine. Cheers everyone.
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for speech-to-text, especially when I wake up in the middle of the night with an idea rattling in my head.
DeleteAh ... hadn't considered that. Might make more sense than my scribbles.
Delete😁
DeleteI scribble on whatever is closest, usually these days my phone.
ReplyDeletePhones make pretty accessible notepads, don’t they?
DeleteNice blub about note taking/making. My ditty is about that from a teacher viewpoint. I take notes everywhere, even at church. My first attempt at college was a disaster. Later I decided that since I didn't need to study in high school but I sure did in college. Taking notes became a part of my new study habits. I don't write.in my phones but my calls mostly have paper notes, and doodles. I don't use it but I had a private blog, I was the only reader allowed. On it I practiced creative writing for a spell. And wrote other things for my sake.
ReplyDelete..
I still have a private blog for my eyes only, for journalling bits and pieces.
DeleteHm... a private blog sounds like an excellent idea.
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