Comments on: The Writing Rookie #4: R&R (Research and Recordkeeping) http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/ Mormon Arts and Culture Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Th. http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34822 Th. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:55:15 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34822 . One use of research certainly is then being able to decide when to tell the truth and when a lie will work so much better. .

One use of research certainly is then being able to decide when to tell the truth and when a lie will work so much better.

]]> By: Jonathan Langford http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34820 Jonathan Langford Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:44:27 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34820 For my fantasy writing, I have to admit that I have a complex set of notes that I've been taking on any number of general subjects, ranging from blacksmithing to candle-making to the size of medieval city lots to... well, pretty much anything I think might make its way into my writing. Unfortunately, my ambition outstretches anything useful I've been able to do with this. Still, every now and then I add a bit here and there. I fondly (in the old sense of "foolishly") imagine that it might be useful sometime, though occasionally it feels like I'm indexing the universe a page or two at a time... For my fantasy writing, I have to admit that I have a complex set of notes that I’ve been taking on any number of general subjects, ranging from blacksmithing to candle-making to the size of medieval city lots to… well, pretty much anything I think might make its way into my writing. Unfortunately, my ambition outstretches anything useful I’ve been able to do with this. Still, every now and then I add a bit here and there. I fondly (in the old sense of “foolishly”) imagine that it might be useful sometime, though occasionally it feels like I’m indexing the universe a page or two at a time…

]]> By: Wm Morris http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34819 Wm Morris Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:27:29 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34819 I'm trying to be better about dating. Sometimes I'll go in to a project that I haven't looked at for a year and then I can't tell which is the newer version. I’m trying to be better about dating. Sometimes I’ll go in to a project that I haven’t looked at for a year and then I can’t tell which is the newer version.

]]> By: MoJo http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34818 MoJo Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:04 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34818 Jonathan, if I may suggest <a href="http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html" rel="nofollow">KeyNote</a> (not the Apple one) to help you do that? It's freeware. Jonathan, if I may suggest KeyNote (not the Apple one) to help you do that? It’s freeware.

]]> By: Jonathan Langford http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34817 Jonathan Langford Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:30:44 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34817 I'm not very high-tech. If I find a website I think I'll need for the future, I bookmark it. Other information gets put into Word documents. I have a couple of files with ongoing notes--dated in some cases so that I don't wind up taking something older for something newer. Anything I need to keep track of, I'll add a heading and start listing stuff below. I've also downloaded a few possibly useful documents, like a Steps to Eagle document that I'm planning to use when I get to the board of review scene. I’m not very high-tech. If I find a website I think I’ll need for the future, I bookmark it. Other information gets put into Word documents. I have a couple of files with ongoing notes–dated in some cases so that I don’t wind up taking something older for something newer. Anything I need to keep track of, I’ll add a heading and start listing stuff below. I’ve also downloaded a few possibly useful documents, like a Steps to Eagle document that I’m planning to use when I get to the board of review scene.

]]> By: Wm Morris http://www.motleyvision.org/2009/writing-rookie-4-research-recordkeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-34816 Wm Morris Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:18:40 +0000 http://www.motleyvision.org/?p=1379#comment-34816 So here's a question Jonathan: What are the mechanics of all that? Do you just dump everything into Word documents or something else? So here’s a question Jonathan: What are the mechanics of all that? Do you just dump everything into Word documents or something else?

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