Ask Andrew - Notes and Ideas - Andrew Grey

Dear Andrew

When writing, how do you keep track of timelines, ideas, inspiration and such? By notes on the computer, a notebook perhaps?
Dawn
Dear Dawn
My process is very low tech.  I have a notebook that my sister gave me a number of years ago.  Its loosely leather bound and its what I wrote my notes and ideas in for a long time.  However I filled up that one and now I'm using the notebook that I got at the last Dreamspinner author conference.  I know it sounds old fashioned in this age of Scrivener and all kinds of other online tools, but I like being able to simply write down my ideas, the process of writing helps solidify them in my head. 
The thing is that I rarely refer to my notes.  The writing process usually imprints them on my mind enough that they stay.  In school I was always writing things down and for me, a large part of studying was to fill notebooks.  It helped impress what was important into my mind and that process transferred over to my writing. 
Hugs and LoveAndrew
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