Comments on: Writing Tips for Organizing Writing Projects http://www.writingforward.com/writing-tips-and-tools/writing-tips/writing-tips-organize-projects Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:48:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.writingforward.com/writing-tips-and-tools/writing-tips/writing-tips-organize-projects/comment-page-1#comment-41 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:16:36 +0000 http://www.writingforward.com/?p=48#comment-41 My writing is an organized mess. I know exactly where it all is so it 'works' but I often wonder if there would be an easier way to do things. I'm an electronic era woman too but I don't backup as often as I know I should. My poetry is archived by year, named by title and always in a .txt file. Articles are archived by location or subject. For example I have a 'Helium' folder with 'Parenting', 'Writing', and 'Health' subdirectories. I have separate folders for each of my blogs. Each of my books has it's own folder with subdirectories. Each scene is numbered and my notes are dated. It's the sort of disorganised mess others would find impossible to work with but because I put everything in some sort of place I know where to find it when I need it. If only I could say the same for my desktop. The clutter of paper, notebooks, disks, and trinkets tends to pile up so high I can't see the monitor. My writing is an organized mess. I know exactly where it all is so it ‘works’ but I often wonder if there would be an easier way to do things. I’m an electronic era woman too but I don’t backup as often as I know I should.

My poetry is archived by year, named by title and always in a .txt file. Articles are archived by location or subject. For example I have a ‘Helium’ folder with ‘Parenting’, ‘Writing’, and ‘Health’ subdirectories. I have separate folders for each of my blogs. Each of my books has it’s own folder with subdirectories. Each scene is numbered and my notes are dated.

It’s the sort of disorganised mess others would find impossible to work with but because I put everything in some sort of place I know where to find it when I need it. If only I could say the same for my desktop. The clutter of paper, notebooks, disks, and trinkets tends to pile up so high I can’t see the monitor.

]]> By: CSS http://www.writingforward.com/writing-tips-and-tools/writing-tips/writing-tips-organize-projects/comment-page-1#comment-40 CSS Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:42:55 +0000 http://www.writingforward.com/?p=48#comment-40 Thanks for the ideas. I've been putting off organizing my writing, because I don't like the structure I have but am not sure how to change it. I'll put some thought into organizing by stage of completion, though I'm wondering if that would make things harder to find for me. Right now I have everything organized by form: novels, short stories, freewriting, poetry, blog, and writing from college by class. Inside those folders it gets a little trickier to actually lay my hands on what I want. Thanks for the ideas. I’ve been putting off organizing my writing, because I don’t like the structure I have but am not sure how to change it. I’ll put some thought into organizing by stage of completion, though I’m wondering if that would make things harder to find for me. Right now I have everything organized by form: novels, short stories, freewriting, poetry, blog, and writing from college by class. Inside those folders it gets a little trickier to actually lay my hands on what I want.

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