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Cory, Great tip. I also have a few gmail drafts saved. Google offers so many great tools, it’s no wonder they are taking over the world!
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- You caught me. I do have a full QWERTY keyboard on my phone, so texting is easy.
I’m a fan of music, too. In fact, one of the tips Laura Whitcomb gives in her book Novel Shortcuts is to create a soundtrack to get you quickly in the mood for your current project.
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- Outlining Redux
I’m also learning the love of longhand. Well, maybe not love–my hand still cramps if I write too much at a time–but definitely peace. My outline was on paper, as was a good chunk of the first draft. No Netbook yet, so I’ve been using a notebook for lunchtime drafting. - Outlining
Thanks for sharing your process. Do you color-code? Or do you find that distracting? - Writing Roundup, July 24
You gave a great explanation of deep POV. - Agents to Follow on Twitter
I visited her blog–good stuff. Thanks for the tip! - Portability
I’ve heard wonderful things about Netbooks from a few authors on Twitter. @laurendane @ann_aguirre both love theirs. I also know that they are popular for schools. That’s actually what led me to them.I still think, though, that a keyboard for the iPod Touch would be awesome.
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You know, I just got into blogging myself, and haven’t quite been able to figure out google reader, it seems good, but everytime I try to use it wants to log me into an account not attached to my blog and I can’t figure out how to delete it.
I am so with you with number two, I use that all the time. The text messaging yourself an idea is a great idea, if you have a full keyboard. Personally, I try to keep a notebook handy, for when that sudden inspiration hits, but I sure could have used the phone yesterday.
The only tool, I can really think of to add is music, 99% of the time I put some kind of music on in the background before I begin writing anything.
I always keep a notebook handy, but I’m also a big fan of GMail’s drafts feature. I’ve got 27 drafts now, most of them writing-related: plot ideas, brainstorming, lists of names for characers I may want to use, lists of agents I’ll want to query for specific novels, back-ups of novel files, names of actresses/models who act as a good visual representation of characters I have in mind, research-related links… It saves immediately and I can access it from every computer. It’s golden.
Haha, yeah. Google really is aren’t they?
You caught me. I do have a full QWERTY keyboard on my phone, so texting is easy.
I’m a fan of music, too. In fact, one of the tips Laura Whitcomb gives in her book Novel Shortcuts is to create a soundtrack to get you quickly in the mood for your current project.
Cory, Great tip. I also have a few gmail drafts saved. Google offers so many great tools, it’s no wonder they are taking over the world!