For the #planwithmechallenge Notebook Uses prompt, I wanted to share the notebooks I use in my writing and social media life. The turquoise soft cover dotted Moleskin is what I use for lettering practice, handwriting, jotting down quotes I want to remember or letter for later, and for recording daily challenge prompts. There’s no organization to it which I like because I like to just open my notebook and write.•
If you’ve been following me for a while, my Leuctthurm 1917 @leuchtturm1917 is a regular feature on my feed. I use it as my #writersbulletjournal to help me stay on track of my novel writing progress and reading life. I modified the monthly overview into a tracker so that I could see how I spent my writing time during the month.
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The three notebooks on the left are my holy trinity for writing. My LT1917 is the overseer and these three notebooks are the workers. My Moleskine is a modified bullet journal for my novel. My monthly overview is actually a calendar layout where I record my daily word counts for the current chapter. For my daily entries, I note my starting word count, stopping word count, and total word count for the day. I also include a brief summary of the scene I wrote that day and also another summary of what needs to be worked on next.
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The middle notebook is a Piccadilly traveler’s size insert that I used in the planning stages of my story. 65K+ words into my novel, I’m still looking back at it. When I started the notebook, I didn’t have any sense of organization. I went back later and color coded each page by subject such as character notes, world building details, etc.
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The last notebook is used for revision notes for my draft. As I mentioned before, I don’t go back and reread what I’ve written (at least I’ve gotten better at not doing it as frequently as I used to). When a problem comes up or there’s something I need to fix, I make a note of it in my revision notebook for later when I’m done with the first draft.
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Spirit Forest painted by the incredible Tahira @tjlubrano. I keep it close when writing because it resembles the forest in my novel.
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Okay. So, I’ve shared with how super nerdy I am. How about you? What do you guys use your notebooks for?
Jennifer F. Santucci 