A couple weeks ago, I started to keep a commonplace book. It is ideal for me at this time because I am planning to write a book. The great thing about a commonplace book is that it is a small storage space for quotes.
I just finished the book Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones by Sue Hubbell. It was an amazing depiction about a search for knowledge of different invertebrate animals. Each chapter was inspired by a different species: pill bugs, millipedes, spiders, sponges, bees, glowworms, and, of course, Aphrodite aculeata--whose scientific name is much more romantic than it's common name--a sea mouse.
Each time I read a quote or passage I liked, I put a sticky note above the first word. Throughout the entire book, I must have placed at least 30 of them. Now, I have started to write each quote on a cue card, with the title of the book and page number at the top. Then I will categorize them under themes.
Eventually, when I sit down to start writing this book, I will have a lot of notes of research to pull from and potential quotes to use.
I just finished the book Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones by Sue Hubbell. It was an amazing depiction about a search for knowledge of different invertebrate animals. Each chapter was inspired by a different species: pill bugs, millipedes, spiders, sponges, bees, glowworms, and, of course, Aphrodite aculeata--whose scientific name is much more romantic than it's common name--a sea mouse.
Each time I read a quote or passage I liked, I put a sticky note above the first word. Throughout the entire book, I must have placed at least 30 of them. Now, I have started to write each quote on a cue card, with the title of the book and page number at the top. Then I will categorize them under themes.
Eventually, when I sit down to start writing this book, I will have a lot of notes of research to pull from and potential quotes to use.
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