Oooooh! You started this! *Raises notebook*

I don't actually write stories in my notebook, though. I do use the computer for that, since I have a strong dislike of typing things up.

My notebook is a Hilroy brand. It has three sections. Random excerpts Where I write bits of other stories when I am on my fly, and sometimes world building. I type up these excerpts later., random thoughts Pretty much self-explainitory. I write down random thoughts on stories, things that I can't figure out (writing them down helps me figure it out) and ideas., poetry and other randomness Frequently I get poem ideas when not at a computer, so I scribble down whatever comes to me. Also for bits of art and things that don't fit into the other two sections.. So it is basically for random things I want to write down.

I like notebooks! I usually do my story-writing on the computer, though. I shall face my fact... I am a bit of a paper packrat. I just love anything that's recorded on paper - notes, facts, story excerpts, poems, doodles, questions, etc!

Right now, I have a few various notebooks for random things and my composition notebook that I use for a journal.

I found half a notebook of last Nano's novel a couple weeks ago. It was fun to re-read it.

*walks out of the room slowly with head bent heavily* I am afraid I must be expelled from the league. First, I have no specially designated writer notebook, though I do own notebooks. I have just never been fond of writing on paper. Secondly, more recently, when I do need to write down a thought or anything else, I lean towards using my wonderful companion, the IPad. But, as you all in the league have rejected this form of note taking, the Captain must now take her leave. I may enter and comment occasionally because I do note take on paper for writing, work, or sea purposes, but it is not my main medium in this field. *the Captain lifts her head in dignaty and stands tall, walking out with her IPad*

HOWEVER. I do use composition books.

If that is enough to dispel me from the league, I will gladly abide by the rules and take my leave.

So do I, for that matter...but in my situation it beats out trying to do it all on the computer in the first place. I write very fast by hand, and I can take my notebook with me wherever I go – so I write my stories in notebooks. * laughs *

Random...that sounds a lot like my organization systems. I've had to come up with an elaborate system for finding things again later that I want...especially since I go through an average of two large notebooks every three months or so.

*laughs* No, composition books don't have batteries.

They're like notebooks, but don't have holes. (I've never heard of notebooks with square holes. )

Oh, and here is a random picture of my notebook that I thought looked cool. No, I don't start stories with "Once upon a time" and actually write much smaller, but it looked cool. And my awesome pen is there too.

(I've never heard of notebooks with square holes. )

By the way... shouldn't this be in Writing Discussion?

I don't have a favorite brand (yet) as I'm still searching for one, but my ideal notebooks have specific requirements:

- bound by a stable spine (not ring-bound because that causes the pages to tear)--preferably glued or sewn to the cover
- interesting artwork that has a "writer's feel" on the cover (so it gives me inspiration, hehe)
- no lines, if possible, but if there are going to be lines, then there must be small spaces between the lines (because I write really small).

Interesting....

I use ringbound because I can flip the pages around to the back...I never thought of it being more sturdy to use a stable binding. I try to avoid them tearing by avoiding perforations.

Yeah, I wish I could get down to that requirement on my list...but there are so many it is only by sheer chance that I get a decent looking cover.

I write small too...but I couldn't write without lines because the words would start deciding that they wanted to dance jigs instead of stand drill. * grins * My words are ornery.

I know what you mean about ornery words! I have to write slowly in order to keep them from dancing all over the page...and even then, sometimes they slant up or down! I used to write with a guide behind the paper, but gave up afterwards. Oh well, they say practice makes perfect...but I still have a lot of practicing to do!

*thinks*

I might have to be dispelled from the League. I do have notebooks (comp books, actually), but I don't use them very often. My laptop, in my circumstance, is more practical. I could go into detail on why this is the case, but I'm not going to because that would become a long, rambled post that would be rather boring.

But I do sometimes lament the fact that I use my laptop, rather then my notebooks, though. I love writing in notebooks, and they're more portable and notebooks don't get viruses and they don't crash. But the laptop's benefits outweigh it's drawbacks so, alas, the computer wins this war.

But like I said. I have notebooks and I do use them occasionally. Can I stay?

If you can't, then, long live those who are expelled! And long live the rebellion! Perhaps I should create a thread where only those who prefer to use electronic means of note taking are welcome. *likes this idea very much*

Then I can go and whisper about notebooks while you all are discussing databases and OS's....

Well... anyways. While I'm here I'll just say something right quick. I love notebooks that have pretty covers. If I did use a notebook, I would need it to have just the right type of cover, otherwise I wouldn't like it so much. I also like ringed notebooks better than composition books, but comp books are really cool, too, because they have that awesome Gateway design. Anyone else notice that but me? Oh yes, and I would need lines, otherwise my notes would go haywire and vary in sizes and such, even when I try to write neatly. But lines prevent good drawings... Oh the choices...

*sighs* *shuffles in with head hanging* *raises eyes in a swift glance around the room*

Hi, I'm Bushy. And I'm a notebookaholic. I admit it: I need help.

I even write down all about certain people that I may use as a character someday. (Look out, I'm watching you. ) Practically anything short of a full blown novel.

I have a black spiral bound notebook I use for poetry and drabbles, a green spiral bound one for Biblical studies, the odd poem and drabble, and anything else I feel like writing, a journal, a pocket notebook for my handbag which I take notes on sermons in, a cloth kind of covered notebook I wrote/drew random things in whilst waiting for a plane, a new very unique notebook my friend Bek bought me, and I recently bought a leather bound notebook that has a magnetic flap that comes around and holds the book shut. I couldn't leave it in the shop! I simply had to buy it! It was too good to leave there, and besides, it could have been lonely...

Yeah... maybe I really do have a condition...

How could we let the notebooks be lonely? * pats notebooks * * pitying face *

Wolf, Moleskin notebooks are awesome! My sister has one for drawing.

I just prefer spiral-bound for writing because I tend to rip things out, take it in trees, flips the pages to the back, etc.

Oh, another one... I was not aware that anyone else did that. Look out...we're both watching.

o.O

Databases and OS's I didn't realize those were of such importance to writers who use computers xD


In the past I've tried to get myself to write in notebooks, but I can never seem to keep up the habit (the same way I'm quite bad at keeping myself in the habit of drawing in a sketchbook all the time). Thus, I fear, that this is all out of my league

Hello...I'm not sure if I belong in such a league or not, I'll explain.

I have a few notebooks, one of them I lost, the other two I have and they have some of my old/outdated ideas in them.
I wish I used real paper more often, because it's cool, and real, and...all that. But if I write it on paper I might lose it and if I put it on my ipod and google docs, it's available from anywhere.
Plus, I have terrible handwriting and am very slow and messy or sort of fast and even messier!
Also, I like to add stuff in the middle of ideas, and I can't do that on paper, I'd have to erase everything and rewrite it...and I dislike writing with pencils in notebooks and can't erase ink (and I have to erase a LOT). And...yeah. I wish I used notebooks more, though, and I really like certain kinds...*goes to look at books to see what they're called*...some of them are "Moleskin" brand and the others say "Picadilly" on the inside cover...do those count as notebooks at all? They are books for writing notes in...

I have tiny ones that I intend to carry with me to write idea scraps into to keep them safe until I'm near a computer or ipod...and the bigger ones for similar purposes, but in the bigger ones I could expound more. I'm planning on using the notebooks even more when I'm out backpacking and won't have an electronic device to use.

Can I stay?

* considers excuses * * narrows eyes thoughtfully * Hm.... Sure.

I have that problem with wanting to write things into the middle of other things too... I never said that notebooks were perfect. I've just had to learn to deal with it, in various ways.

Thankfully I really like writing with pencils, and can write fairly fast, though, so I don't have those drawbacks. My pencil is my friend... * smiles at pencil *

And so is my eraser...

I always name my diaries on the very last page after I'm done writing in them.

Yeah...my other problem is that I don't like the way that pencil sometimes doesn't show up, unless I push really hard, then it dents the paper.

Yeah, me too! That's just it, I need one of those erasable pens...

Oh and another problem, I keep losing pencils...I told mom I need a pencil dispenser.

I'm a new arrival to this league For a long time I typed on the computer, but then I discovered how awesome notebooks are and I'm already thoroughly addicted.

and random thoughtification.

My current notebook had an ugly blue cover, so I covered it with paper and wrote a Hemingway on it that Vilisse wrote way back when the Hemingway thread was new: "Today is an empty page. Write."

I also have a small pocket notebook that's a knockoff Moleskine I got in Turkey. It was sitting in a small delightfully Turkish store and was cheap, so I bought it, and I carry that around in my pocket for random scribbles and todo lists Someday I want a full A4-size Moleskine with lines, but I think it'd be too nice to ever use!

You need to use softer lead.

I tried one awhile back, and it wasn't very good. Maybe there's a good quality one out there somewhere, and I would like to find one, but a bad one is just annoying (and occasionally heartbreaking... one of the main problems with it was that it erased when I didn't want it to).

* laughs * Sometimes I lose my pencils too, but never permanently – it's hard to lose something permanently with nine people in the house looking for it constantly. I have a nice family.... Of course...they also know what would happen if I did lose it permanently, and I'm sure that affects their helpfulness slightly.

Apparently square holes are more common than I thought at first...