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P.S. A Conversation about Notebooks with Helen Sword
As promised, here’s the video of my entire conversation with Helen.
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Helen Sword's Pleasurable Notes
"Containers for chaos”
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P.S. Kerouac's Notes Written On the Road
"I’m on the verge of some kind of crazy discovery that’ll tear my head off for good—or make me great."
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Jack Kerouac's Introspective Notes
"In an effort to discover the hidden laws of elation & depression while writing"
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Roland Allen's Notes on Notebooks and How to Tell a Great Story
"Writing a diary made me happier; keeping things-to-do lists made me more reliable (which in turn made those around me happier)..."
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P.S. How to Write a Novel: Tips from Stoker's Dracula Notes
"I write in an extremely bad hand."
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Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula
"DRACULA in Wallachian language means DEVIL."
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P.S. Emerson's Tips for Finding Notes
“Among the seven ages of human life…the period of indexes should not be forgotten”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Wide World"
"Make your own Bible. Select & Collect all those words & sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of a trumpet out of…
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P.S. Robert Caro's Power Broker Notes
"...Don’t mention the first wife, / Stay away from family questions"
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Re-Noted: Robert Caro's Cork Board
"the only thing that matters is what is on this page"
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Re-Noted: Sylvia Plath's Visual Notes
"As usual I take more time filling up space with crazy drawings."
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