Research journal

I have a new obsession: commonplace books! source I accidentally stumbled upon them while researching Morning Pages. And I'm in love! What are commonplace books? I'm so happy that you asked! source A commonplace book is a personal compilation of knowledge, ideas, quotations, and observations collected by an individual. It is a notebook or journal where one gathers and organizes information from various sources for future reference and reflection. They are more like a database than a diary…

Sketch of Castelmola in Sicily by JVL, 2009. The written material on the left hand page includes daily timings when illustrating Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.

Discover my favorite things to to do with an empty notebook. Use one these notebook ideas to inspire your next creation.

flickr user KahunnaMessy pages, clear thinking. Typing is fast.

Research abstracts have always played a crucial role in explaining your study quickly and succinctly to journal editors and researchers and prompting them to read further. But with the ubiquity of online publication databases, writing a compelling abstract is even more important today than it was in the days of bound paper manuscripts.

Wake up. Shower. Make a 3-egg and veg scramble. Walk to the Tube. Step onto the District line. Sit down. Pull out my notebook. Start writing. My task is to write three pages, longhand.

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