Notebooks for Poetry
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Can I ask you guys: what notebooks do you use for composing your poetry?
I use cheap generic A'Zone notebooks which can be bought in any good neighbourhood bookshop. I've more or less been using that since I started eight years ago. I now have twelve of those notebooks:
As you can see, they are in varying states of degradation. I would buy more durable notebooks, but I can't afford to do so. I was particularly interested in buying a Moleskine when we were at Books Actually the other day, but ultimately, my budget dictates the bottom line. Sigh.
So... what kind of writing medium do you guys use? Old-fashioned notebooks, loose pieces of paper, or Microsoft Word? -
hey, i have a couple of A'Zones too. actually not too bad to write on.
and lots of loose paper.
i like to draft my stuff on paper with pencil, then key in the finished article with Notepad on the PC. -
handphone will have to suffice sometimes...
if not ill just use my journal... -
eh... i'll always use some sort of a shorthand pad-like notebook where i can scribble and amend at will without being hindered by flapping pages. The ring-bounded kind which makes tearing easy, especially on those waste-paper basket practise days... When i'm satisfied with what i wrote, i'll write it in a better quality ring-bound book.
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notepad.
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those cheap Popular ones..
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My notebook is my microsoft word on my laptop.
Easy lah, for practical reasons, no need to scramble around for loose pieces of paper or a notebook which I might not have at hand with me.
Editing is cleaner as well. No ugly lines scratching across words that don't fit or phrases that jar -
Little black book.
White ink on black paper. Strange.
Why not black ink on white paper?
I dunoe.... -
ooh.... i love those A-Zone notebooks.... they are must-haves for me during my studies... both graduate and post-graduate... i use them for writing my notes and summaries as I study... one for each subject so that when exams come round, I didn't have to read the text book anymore... i could just read my A-Zone notebooks... kekek
As for writing... whether poetry or not... my "notebook" is my notebook.... the computer. makes for easy and clean editing and storage... and I don't have to worry about lose bits of paper getting lost etc. -
used to use Azone notebooks too but now i just type.
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Laptop:Originally posted by expiringpoet:My notebook is my microsoft word on my laptop.
Easy lah, for practical reasons, no need to scramble around for loose pieces of paper or a notebook which I might not have at hand with me.
Editing is cleaner as well. No ugly lines scratching across words that don't fit or phrases that jar
Mass: 2.1kg (Toshiba Tecra M2V- my laptop).
Booting time: 30 seconds (or more, depending on my stoopid laptop's temper)
Distraction factor: Plenty (Gmail, MSN, sgforums, etc....)
Portability: Sometimes too lazy to lug it around in my backpack.
Power source: batteries last ~2 hours.
A'Zone Notebook:
Mass: ~ 100g
Booting time: Instantaneous
Distraction factor: none.
Portability: Very lightweight and portable.
Power source: My own brain.
There's a reason why I kinda prefer good ol' fashioned notebooks - even when I have my laptop with me. -
extra moe exam papers i took everytime i had sch exams
if i have inspiration to write poetry during non-exam period will just use some loose pieces of paper. -
microsoft word!
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some in 3.5in diskettes, some in my ext HDD, a few scattered around two Iomega ZIP disks..
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I always bring a Digital voice recorder along since 2002. So its quite easy when the inspiration comes..
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typically, scraps of paper for verse fragments (and straplines, come to think of it). notebooks -- those are reserved for scamps.
but i've found that i write best when i'm typing away on my laptop, blogging. cos that's when i have all the time to myself to refine, craft and pontificate. -
Any piece of paper available to me when ideas hit me and I'm commited enough to draft them down... So basically I'm a MESSY LOT who have them all over the places and never really keeps track of them... Except unless I happens to be online maybe?
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I like to use notebooks with ring bindings. I used to like Azone type notebooks but the pages tend to drop out. but most of the time my drafts are done on the computer - Microsoft word.
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MS word!
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used to write on watever papers i have at dat time now i use MS Word