Comments on: On the Subject of Retaining Ideas http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/03/on-the-subject-of-retaining-ideas/ I love writing, and books, and writing books. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nicole http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/03/on-the-subject-of-retaining-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3657 Nicole Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:44:48 +0000 http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/?p=473#comment-3657 Paul, hmm...it's not really the cost of notebooks or even the space factor that's prohibitive. I just never seem to have a place for them on my person. I don't always carry a purse or a backpack and I don't always wear a coat (and when I do it's not the same coat). You mention your back pocket, but girl pants often don't have those and skirts never do. And given my general scatter-brain-ness-osity, whenever I do have a notebook, it's guaranteed to be far away from me in the wrong article of clothing. I write most things directly on the computer, but, weirdly enough, I work best when there are multiple distractions so I'm always getting ideas in class. My school notebooks generally have an average story pages-to-scholary notes pages ratio of five to one. Paul, hmm…it’s not really the cost of notebooks or even the space factor that’s prohibitive. I just never seem to have a place for them on my person. I don’t always carry a purse or a backpack and I don’t always wear a coat (and when I do it’s not the same coat). You mention your back pocket, but girl pants often don’t have those and skirts never do. And given my general scatter-brain-ness-osity, whenever I do have a notebook, it’s guaranteed to be far away from me in the wrong article of clothing.

I write most things directly on the computer, but, weirdly enough, I work best when there are multiple distractions so I’m always getting ideas in class. My school notebooks generally have an average story pages-to-scholary notes pages ratio of five to one.

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]]> By: Paul http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/03/on-the-subject-of-retaining-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3649 Paul Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:14:09 +0000 http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/?p=473#comment-3649 N: these mini composition books are maybe 97 cents a piece, and of a handy size. handier, perhaps, than your bedside table. do you type stories into the computer direct, or is there an intermediate stage? M: yes, precisely; the act of writing an idea down transmutes it from an impression (vivid or fuzzy) to a communicable thought. N: these mini composition books are maybe 97 cents a piece, and of a handy size. handier, perhaps, than your bedside table. do you type stories into the computer direct, or is there an intermediate stage?

M: yes, precisely; the act of writing an idea down transmutes it from an impression (vivid or fuzzy) to a communicable thought.

]]> By: Megan http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/03/on-the-subject-of-retaining-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3646 Megan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:16:44 +0000 http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/?p=473#comment-3646 I love peeking into other people's writing habits. Your notebooks sound like treasures. I have a notebook for ideas. I rarely look at it, except to add a line or scribble or whatever, but the act of setting the bits down seems to solidify them and carve out a draw for them in my head. I love peeking into other people’s writing habits. Your notebooks sound like treasures.

I have a notebook for ideas. I rarely look at it, except to add a line or scribble or whatever, but the act of setting the bits down seems to solidify them and carve out a draw for them in my head.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/03/on-the-subject-of-retaining-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3642 Nicole Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:07:42 +0000 http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/?p=473#comment-3642 This is one of those things that I never think about that I totally should think about. I never seem to have paper on me when I really need it which is why in the last week I have written cryptic notes to myself on: an empty deodorant box, the classifieds section and my own thumb. I have an end table at home that still has notes scrawled on it because I thought of a name in the middle of the night and was afraid I'd lose it if I got up to find some paper like a normal human being. I love process geekery like this because it's so neat to see what seems to be universal and what is highly individual and it encourages me to create an inventory of the sorry, scattered tools of my own trade. This is one of those things that I never think about that I totally should think about. I never seem to have paper on me when I really need it which is why in the last week I have written cryptic notes to myself on: an empty deodorant box, the classifieds section and my own thumb. I have an end table at home that still has notes scrawled on it because I thought of a name in the middle of the night and was afraid I’d lose it if I got up to find some paper like a normal human being.

I love process geekery like this because it’s so neat to see what seems to be universal and what is highly individual and it encourages me to create an inventory of the sorry, scattered tools of my own trade.

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