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  • How to Get More Organized With Writing

    How to Get More Organized With Writing

    Evernote for Writing
    Screenshot courtesy of www.Evernote.com

    If you’re a writer, whether it’s creative or business, you know that the bulk of a writing task is doing research and/or making notes. When you sit down to compile that research and start your writing, it helps to have those notes, web clippings, photos, etc. organized.

    Having a good organization system for your writing can help so much with getting inspired, getting started, and saving time.

    I suggest using Evernote for this. (You can read my blog post on Evernote here: Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization).

    There are multiple ways to use Evernote to organize your research. You can start with a notebook for “Research” with tags for each type of research. This is helpful if you won’t know the structure of your writing ahead of time. If you do have some structure in mind, it may be more helpful for you to have notebook stacks. For example, you could have a stack for each chapter, or a stack for each article.

    Use the Evernote app on your computer and mobile devices to write up your notes. You can add web clippings using the Evernote “Web Clipper” add-on in your internet browser and use the Evernote app on your smartphone or tablet to take photos.

    Tags can be very helpful to search for all of your research on a particular subject.

    You can assign multiple tags to each note, web clipping, or photo. For example, if you’re writing a piece about wellness and you find a web site dedicated to healthy eating, you can clip it and tag it “wellness”, “eating”, “diet”, etc.

    Using Evernote for research gives you a tool to keep all of your research in one place. Evernote’s great search tool can help you to bring up references quickly so that the most tedious part of writing goes quickly and smoothly, leaving you more time for creativity and even more research!

    Are you a fiction writer? Here’s a great article on Lifehacker: How to Use Evernote for Writing Fiction.

    Need help with Evernote? Contact me.

  • How to Organize Using Evernote Notebooks

    How to Organize Using Evernote Notebooks

    Evernote Notebooks

    Evernote Notebooks – the First Level of Organization

     

    If you’ve read my blog post on Evernote here: Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization then you know that it’s a great way to organize your digital information.

    Navigating the Evernote interface is dependent on the platform that you’re using it on. I have a desktop PC, a MacBook, and a smartphone – all of which are running Evernote. (You can also use Evernote through their web interface.) Since my main computer is a PC desktop, I typically do my Evernote notebook organization using the PC application. Then, with my organization in place, I can take notes, tag notes, add photos & web clippings – targeting a particular notebook no matter which platform I’m using.

    Notebooks can be “stacked”, meaning that you can create one level of hierarchy. You may have a “clients” stack for example, with a notebook for each client underneath, or a “research” stack, with a notebook for each area of research.

    Here’s how to create Evernote notebooks:

    Click on “Notebooks” in the sidebar. Click on “New Notebook” at the top (or on the below symbol if you’re using a smartphone app/web interface).

    Evernote New Notebook

    Once you’ve added the notebook, it will show up under “Notebooks” in the sidebar in alphabetic order. Select that notebook so that any new notes will go into it.

    Here’s how to manage Evernote notebooks stacks:

    In the PC or Mac application, when you click and drag one notebook to another then Evernote will create a “Notebook stack”, which you can rename. Or you can right-click on a notebook for a list of options, including “Add to stack” or “Remove from stack”.

    In iOS:

    1. Navigate to your notebook list view.
    2. Tap Edit in the upper right screen.
    3. Select the information icon (“i”) next to the notebook you would like to move to your stack.
    4. Tap Stack.

    In Android:

    If you press and hold on a notebook name, you’ll get a menu with a list of options, including “Move to stack”.

    Keeping Evernote notebooks is like keeping stacks of file folders on your desk, except with no clutter! Use your notebooks to store notes, files, photos, web clippings, and emails so that everything is in one place making it easy to find what you need, when you need it.

    Need help with Evernote? Contact me.