Every since class last week, I have downloaded the Pocket extension for Google Chrome and have already found that very useful. I plan to use that a lot to save stories that I find on the internet that I can use for research and help with the background of my story. If I’m just using an article or a google search to find a quick fact or piece of background information I’ll type it down in Word on the notepad formatted page. This type of format is where I take all my notes for class, I just find it’s super easy to use. All of the background information I need for the story I’ll have on one Word document. What I love about the notepad is that I can have different tabs on the document and different aspects of whatever I’m taking notes on will have its own tab.
I will create a folder for each piece I’m working on and within that specific folder there will be lots of documents and pictures and what not. It’s not the most organized but I will use very specific titles on the documents and can tell just through preview if they are a normal formatted Word doc or a notepad formatted one.
This summer at my internship whenever I’d get an email from my editor I’d read what he want me to write and copy and paste that into a Word document so I didn’t have to search through my email to find it and I could just refer to the document for specifics. I do like how Clark immediately writes down his goals for a story and how he wants to format the story. I also love the whole section of the chapter about procrastination because I find that to be very real.
Personally “saving string” in a plastic box overwhelms me, while I think it’s a good idea, I don’t know if it’s right for me. I don’t like clutter and having multiple boxes of information for stories that still need to be written, gives me a little bit of anxiety. I will definitely try it though because I’m not the professional writer and Clark is. He made a lot of useful tips throughout this section that I plan to incorporate into my organizing my material for stories.