i too am one of those incredibly anal people
i had two journals, smae type, only i only finished 1 and a half
inside my journals were
my entries, musings about my work, assesments, others thoughts about my work, angry out bursts about my work....
on top of that i had two af folders absolutely filled. they were the same colour as my journals (did i mention i was anal?) one was all my drafts (i did a script, and in this folder i put every copy of my script, to show how it evolved, this was invaluable, becuase i went back to early drafts to find things, id deleted on my computer, and to check and reference decisions id made when i first began writing) the second folder, held all my research, in chronological order,
for me being organised meant that
when i was writing my reflection statement, and searching for that fabulous quote from Rossetti that got my thinking...it took me mere seconds to find
whatever form u use, its important you
a) KEEP everything, i cant overstress this, you gotta keep everything you research, every piece of writing, you will want to look at it later on, you may decide to go back to something, and if you ahve it there in your journal, youre not going to have a tanty
b) be organised, date everything, and if you find a book you really like, write down where you got it from and write down the author and title, i forgot to do this for some of the poetry analysis i read, and when i was writing the reflection statement, i wanted to quote this person, and it took me f**king forever to find that god-damned book again
