I save all my work in the cloud, via Dropbox and also emailing them to myself.Īs for all my notes, hand-drawn calendars, saved articles, research materials, etc., I keep them in a manila folder in my file cabinet-one for each book. I guess it’s the “don’t waste the paper” angel on my shoulder that keeps me from printing it out, but then again, I’m so used to writing and editing on the computer (I did it for 20 years writing legal briefs and appeals), that I have no need for a hard copy. Now I eventually recycle paper printouts once I’m done with a project and just keep online files. The first photo is from when I tried to be organized with drafts and research. Here’s what some of the Chicks told me about their process. It made me wonder what other authors did with all of their paperwork. But when I finish one more book-which I’m more than halfway finished with right now-my designated shelf will be full. I keep that paper copy, research notes, outlines, and all the other paperwork that accumulates in my 3-ring binder that I then stick on a shelf. The manuscript gets sent all over the place-to my beta readers, my editor, my Review Crew-and eventually it rises like a phoenix from my computer and becomes a book. Very cathartic, like offering all those words and images into the Universe. The scribbled one goes into the fire pit when we have a backyard fire. I junk the one I scribbled all over and replace it in the binder with this shiny new one. I type the changes into the computer, make it purty with the chapter headings at the top of the page and such, then email it to my husband to print a copy of the entire thing and drill it at our print shop. When I’m completely done with the draft, I edit directly on the printout with a very sharp Ticonderoga #2. I also email the draft to both my accounts when I stop for lunch and when I’m done for the day. Remember that old show? It was a novel, then a movie, then a TV series in the 70s about law school students, but I’m talking more literally.Īs I write a manuscript, I print out the day’s writing and place it in a 3-ring binder.
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