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I'm a stationary nut. Notebooks, pens, legal pads - doesn't matter. If it involves marks on paper, I'm drawn.
TT: Hey! I punned! Sorry.
Which is why I can't believe I left the dollar store with only a single pack of 3 x 5 cards. I guess Dave Ramsey really is rubbing off. Only took six years.
It probably helped to know anything coming from the dollar store (other than 3 x 5 note cards) will just not be worth that dollar. That, and my single-minded, straight-ahead push to get the cards and get out fast.
With the cards in hand, I sat down to outline my story and discovered I have no idea how to use note cards to outline a story. Do I write a word? A character? A sentence? Am I supposed to put a little essay of what I see happening or is it like bullet points? I'm writing down things I already know. Is that OK?
With purple pen poised, I remembered I couldn't use note cards in school, either. Oh, I used them as doodlepads and bookmarks, but not for outlining. This may be why I didn't have any note cards in the house and had to go buy some. Which makes me extremely happy I bought only the one pack despite all temptations otherwise.
Does make me wonder if this is why I don't outline.
Anyhoo, I have a few days and a couple hundred cards so I'll fumble along and see if I can make anything worthwhile writing-wise out of that dollar investment.
If not, I'm set for bookmarks for the rest of my life.
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Hah! I use them the same way I did in school. I write all my notes in a spiral notebook, then as the story becomes more clear in my head, I rewrite that stuff onto cards and put them in the right order.
ReplyDeleteOh, and index cards do make the best bookmarks...
Maybe I'm doing it backwards.
ReplyDeleteI feel the tiniest urge to clear off a wall and start taping the cards up there so I can see them better.
I feel a stronger urge to draw a map on a huge piece of paper and use my D&D figs to literally map it out. But I'm sure Miss Kitty would have her own ideas about how those figs should be used, so I'll refrain.