Monday, August 23, 2010

Good notepad intentions

Reading the David Sedaris book has inspired me. I need to be more serious about making notes. So today I bought myself a tiny notepad. It is like a Moleskine that fits inside my palm.


I am going to write down everything that occurs to me: ideas for future chapters; descriptions of people; jokes; things to read; anything that might come in useful in my life as a writer.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Debra Hamel said...

Great idea, Clare. I use one of these as a constantly updating to-do list. When one page gets too cluttered I just move what hasn't been crossed off to the next page. It's great for jotting down just anything.

Mon Aug 23, 09:16:00 pm  
Blogger Clare Dudman said...

Yes, Debra, exactly! Great for lists too. The only trouble I can foresee is that it is very easily lost. I think if I were a manufacturer I would make them with a whistle or light that could be activated by the clapping of a pair of hands. Keys could do with this too.

Mon Aug 23, 09:23:00 pm  
Anonymous Debra Hamel said...

I thought I'd lost one a couple years ago and panicked, but as it turned out it wasn't lost. So, in my experience they cannot really be lost, if that helps any :)

Tue Aug 24, 01:26:00 am  
Blogger Clare Dudman said...

That is very reassuring Debra, though I am still hankering after the whistle/light version and wondering if I should have really gone for the less sophisticated although maybe more visible red variety.

Tue Aug 24, 08:57:00 am  

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