[stylist] Organizing Content

Mon Oct 28 13:02:01 UTC 2013

the hard copies are my insurance that if all technology fails, or crashes, I 
will have the writing in tact and not lose it. I love things all together in 
binders on my shelves - that is what works best for me. And, along with the 
binder for a specific project, I will also put the CD in there so I can find 
it when I need it. Yes, like you, I am highly organized and can find just 
about anything I need to find.  Happy writing today to all. Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Organizing Content


> My organization may seem intricate to some, but I like things in a
> proper place, even on the computer, smile. I find it easier to organize
> and retrieve. Some folders have sub-folders upon sub-folders, but this
> works for me. I have done something similar for recipes I have, and
> continue to collect. It just works for me. The hard-copy files are
> something I really need to get started on. I've been intending to do
> this project for some time.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:29 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Organizing Content
>
>
> A lot of what you do is similar to what I do, Bridgit.
> When my children ( 6 of them ) were small, I got up at 4 am to to work
> every
> day. These days, I can work any time I want since they are all grown up.
> I
> do designate some hours every day for writing or making art - I seldom
> do
> both in any one day.  I just cannot make the transition between two
> things
> in one day.  If I am working in the studio then that is where my mind is
> for
> that entire day. Likewise, with writing.
>
> I have a folder for _Works in Progress_.  Here is where I have
> sub-folders,
> which I designate Poetry, or Essays, Research, etc. for the things I am
> either working on, or just a thought or name for something that is just
> in
> my mind but not yet on paper.
> then, when  I have finished that particular  piece,  I move it to the
> folder that would "fit" that work. I save them on my hard drive, and I
> print
> every finished work out on paper so there is an actual hard copy in the
> event all world be lost and the things gone.  I also save all the
> finished
> works onto a thumb drive or a CD.
>
> I make separate CD's for different projects. For instance, right now, I
> am
> working on the series of essays for the book that will accompany a
> national
> art exhibition - "Vision and Revision:  Two Artists with loss of Sight -
> but
> Not Loss of Vision" All the essays, when the final edit is completed,
> will
> go onto a separate CD, as well as saved to my computer, and I put hard
> copies  in a manilla folder that is labeled for that project.  I make a
> binder book for each project, and in that book will be the CD for the
> project, and the hard copies of everything necessary for that project.
> Everything is put into transparent pages, and place in the binder. Each
> project has it's own binder, and the binders are put on a shelf in my
> office
> for easy retrieval and use.
>
> In past years, when I was living in Europe in the summers, I kept yearly
>
> journals. Those journals then became my raw material when I wrote the
> book,
> Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage.  I used 10 years of journals to
> glean
> the poems, reflections, research for the book.
>
> Now that I am back on track and can begin picking up pieces from my past
>
> pursuits, I want to return to Hildegard von Bingen. I have been
> collecting
> her books, and books about her, and want to get the CD's of her music,
> so
> that I can begin to pick up the pieces of where I was 6 years ago when I
>
> lost my sight right in the middle of my abbatial research. It is just
> now
> that I feel confident that I could return to the kind of work I was
> doing
> before sight loss - I intend to begin this after the first of the year
> when
> I have put the current book out for printing.  I am sending one essay at
> a
> time to the person who is doing the formatting and organization of
> images
> and text for the book. Right now, she has TWO and a third one should be
> ready by next week. So, I do work in layers, but they  re really well
> calculated layers because I would drive myself stark raving MAD if I
> tried
> to do it all at once - and this way, I am only a little bit NUTS, not
> full
> tilt Bozo.  Lynda
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Organizing Content
>
>
>>I write when I have time, which isn't often these days. I have a folder
>
>>just for material I write on my laptop. Within this folder, I have
>>multiple folders for various genres. Example, nonfiction, fiction,
>>speeches, academic, etc. Then, within these sub-folders, I have more
>>sub-folders labeled like current projects, future ideas, or the name of
>
>>a specific thing I'm working on.
>>
>> Each document is labeled with its title. If a chapter idea for a
>> longer manuscript, it's labeled with chapter number and title of
>> story.
>>
>> I back everything up on a flashdrive as well as a hard drive device. I
>
>> keep intending to have hard-copies to file for finished pieces, but I
>> need to get a new printer.
>>
>> As long as I don't put pen to paper, so to speak, ideas usually stay
>> in my head. And I prefer to let ideas simmer in my head before
>> actually writing. Most writers write ideas out immediately, or as soon
>
>> as they can. I do not. I like to do some kind of task, like cleaning,
>> that doesn't require a lot of thinking, so I can think through story
>> ideas. I like to envision stories and plots and characters and
>> specific scenes before writing.
>>
>> Most writers also view writing as their daily job, waking at the same
>> time each day, writing for a certain amount of time, breaking then
>> writing more. This is not my style, even if not a mommy of young kids,
>
>> but the mommy thing does take most my time right now. I write when I
>> can, and not being a morning person, I definitely don't wake early to
>> write.
>>
>> I also like to write something and put it away for a time. I come back
>
>> to it later and read it through. If I still like it, I continue, but
>> if it's no longer speaking to me, I either scrap it or start
>> rethinking it.
>>
>> Really the only thing I would change would be giving me more time to
>> write. I literally have ideas everyday. Some more fully-realized than
>> others. As the kids get older, it affords me more time to write, but
>> at 14 months and 4 years, they still require quite a bit of attention
>> and supervision, smile.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Homme,
>> James
>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:37 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List (stylist at nfbnet.org)
>> Subject: [stylist] Organizing Content
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> If you have a method you use to organize what you write, what is it?
>> How well does it work for you? How would you like to improve it?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
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