Kim Baccellia swears by her big white board. Fleur McDonald? She prefers large pieces of butcher paper.
Personally? I always used to be a note cards kind of girl, but that’s not working for me so well lately. I’m slowly moving over into a freer way of outlining/note taking, but I have yet to buy a whiteboard or get some butcher paper.
Whether they are plotters or pantsers, I don’t have any writer friends who don’t have some sort of note taking procedures they use when writing a novel. Some, like Kim and Fleur, prefer space to spread out. When I was younger, I liked note cards for the important bits that *had* to happen and I considered it to be my job to build the bridges that linked those concrete points.
What do you use for your writing? Do you even keep track of notes? (If no, then how to you make sure that Susie’s eye colour doesn’t turn from brown to blue three fourths through the book?) Do you prefer an open piece of paper or are you a little more organized with lined notebooks filled with notes?
I’m curious about the process for other people because it seems like I am finding my way once again for finding what works for me.
Critique Notes