tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post7947151986561299798..comments2024-02-06T12:33:57.316+00:00Comments on Stuart Aken: Do You Work Best in Chaos or Control?stuartaken.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-25691397866469951692012-11-26T16:19:23.072+00:002012-11-26T16:19:23.072+00:00Oh dear, the helping hand isn't always as help...Oh dear, the helping hand isn't always as helpful as it intends, is it? Sounds as though you prioritize, but in a slightly looser way than I do. As long as it works for you, that's what matters, JL. Thanks for your comment.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-60338100341558210142012-11-25T19:04:13.041+00:002012-11-25T19:04:13.041+00:00Hmm, I do both. My office is cluttered, but I can ...Hmm, I do both. My office is cluttered, but I can lay my hands on what I want. I take the attitude of all things go into the back and only emergencies sit in the front.If it ain't bleeding or dying, or if it ain't a gonna cause a hardship like the power cut off...it will wait until tomorrow. This way my chaos is controlled.<br /><br />Sorry the southern transplant in me came out. lol<br /><br />I do like order and finding what I need. For example a few years ago my daughter cleaned my office. Everything was organized, uncluttered, in file folders stowed away in my file cabinets, and some little items I was using as research were trashed. I went crazy because she forget to tell me where she put everything before she left! I spent the next six hours looking for this and that instead of writing.<br /><br />There is chaos, controlled chaos, and minimalist nothingness that is total control.J.L. Murpheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782355786883006411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-59076115432503339692012-11-25T14:36:02.402+00:002012-11-25T14:36:02.402+00:00Ah, Jack. One Note. I have this but I've never...Ah, Jack. One Note. I have this but I've never got round to using it. Clearly something worth exploring. I use Moleskine notebooks to log ideas as they occur - 1 in each place I'm likely to be inspired and all of them free via letters to Writers' Forum Magazine. But, when I'm at my desk, I tend to use a couple of scrap pads to make notes on. Clearly, One Note would be a better idea. Thanks for this, Jack.stuartaken.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695584662320617659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744476144670229998.post-52305815662919832422012-11-25T11:34:26.530+00:002012-11-25T11:34:26.530+00:00Stuart,
Personally, I prefer to work sittin...Stuart,<br /> Personally, I prefer to work sitting in my favourite recliner chair with this laptop perched across my legs. As for clutter, I have none as I use MS One Note to store everything from story notes to...<br /><br />While I have a printer, I hardly use it.<br /><br />Instead I use Calibre and Adobe to make .mobi (Kindle) and PDF copies of what ever project I'm working on, both of which allow me to increase the size of print onscreen for ease of reading and editing. <br /><br />Since the world has moved on from the so-called good old days, I've moved with the times. No more paper galley proofs, double spaced. No more double spacing.<br /><br />So, there you have it in a nutshell. :) Jack Easonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601041734648407356noreply@blogger.com