/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.4572755]

How do you take notes, /lit/?

Since we are supposedly all anonymous here, could you share your notes with us? Perhaps sending a picture of an annotated page of a book?

I'd like to see, because I don't know how to take notes.

[Anonymous No.4573260]

it's up to you.

[Anonymous No.4573295]

>>4572755
I can't now, but I'll try to in a bit if the thread is still alive.

In essence, I annotate margins of books with a summary of important content. Notes in separate books will typically be point form summaries of key passages and an explanation to myself of the importance or relevance of the passage.

Lately, for my dissertation, I've been trying to keep notes in a wordpress blog that is ostensibly not google searchable. So far its working as a single place to dump everything that is potentially relevant. Sifting through it all later's gonna be a bitch, though.

anyway, I'll check back later.

[Anonymous No.4573314]

I write them down in a notebook.

[Anonymous No.4573325]

>>4572755

Why do you think they leave the margins of books blank?

[Anonymous No.4573327]

>>4572755
new to lit

why do you guys take notes in your books why dont you just read? also do all people into literature do this or is it a personal preference thing?

[Anonymous No.4573344]

>>4573327
bump please i wanna learn more about how to get into reading better and getting as much out of reading as i can

[Anonymous No.4573383]

Try this. It's excellent.

[Anonymous No.4573388]

Here's how I do it:

1. Underline all the interesting parts in pencil.
2. Write all the characters, things and names you're likely to forget down in a notebook. Write key words in colored pen, followed by a dash, followed by an explanation of what the key word is.

Then you can flip through the book in class for stuff to bring up (mark stuff you def want to bring up with sticky note flags), and study for tests with the notebook. Underlining makes it easier to find quotes to use in essays, too. I almost never write tiny notes in the book (because it's cramped) unless I have some kind of epiphany. Hopefully your teacher doesn't want you to do the thing were you mark "metaphor", "metonymy", "foreshadowing", because that's tedious and clutters up your notes, making it harder to find the important stuff.

[Anonymous No.4573404]

>>4573383
Is there an audiobook of it?

[Anonymous No.4573413]

>>4572755
This is how I annotate philosophy, biographies, things like that. The only fiction I took notes for was Infinite Jest at someone's recommendation, and in that particularly case it was helpful.

[Anonymous No.4573502]

>>4572755
okay op here is the best way to take notes
>have notebook
>have pen/pencil
>whip out penis
>insert pen/pencil into penis hole
>stick notebook in your butt crack
>smear shit over the notebook
>start jerking off
>right before you cum pull the notebook out of your asscrack
>when you come the pen will shoot out of your penis and jot down all of the notes you want to take
>?????
>profit
this is a great method but alas it only works if you are a male

[Anonymous No.4573504]

>>4573413
people who write in books are the worst

[Anonymous No.4573506]

>>4573344
learn to speed read nigga

[Anonymous No.4573508]

>>4573413
>>4573504
>Go to the library
>The only copy of the book you want to check out is marked to hell in someone else's thoughts

[Anonymous No.4573534]

>>4572755
Single vertical line in the margin. Unobtrusive, easy to find, doesn't take too long. Get on my fucking level.

[Anonymous No.4573543]

>>4573534
you are the worst type of person

[Anonymous No.4573551]

>>4573504
I was really uncomfortable about it at first, but it really helps me focus when I'm reading something dense. Those "active reading" techniques your teacher told you about in high school english can actually be helpful.

>>4573508
These are books I own, I would never do that to a library book.

[Anonymous No.4573567]

I don't take notes.
I just remember everything and assume that my memory is infallible. If something doesn't add up or if I can't recall something specific, I just dismiss it as unimportant or attribute it to an external snafu.

[Anonymous No.4573569]

>writing in books
I stopped doing this shit when I was 15 reading Ulysses.

[Anonymous No.4573571]

here OP:

http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~pinsky/mark_a_book.htm

[Anonymous No.4573588]

>>4573413
>good shit

[Anonymous No.4573599]

>>4573588
It's not like I knew I'd be showing people my notes, I wasn't even trying to show the specific writing in the picture, just give an example.

[Anonymous No.4573606]

>Damaging virgin novels
Disgusting.

If I am reading for a class or whatever I read with a journalist notepad next to me and write down page numbers and quotes.

[Anonymous No.4573638]

>>4573260
Yup.

I will jot short thoughts down in the margin; when I come to something harder, it's time for the park + my notebook.

But really, experiment around to see what works for you. Also, multi-colored pens are something worth looking into.

[Anonymous No.4573686]

>>4573551
I always carry a spare notebook to allow for thoughts while reading. I don't take notes to read them but to refine thought so I just care about the writing process.

[Anonymous No.4573717]

Emacs w/ org-mode

[Anonymous No.4573729]

>>4573686
Yeah, that's a big part of why I take notes. I also find that I'll retain the information much better if I summarize it, so it's nice to put those summaries in the margins because it not only helps me remember the information better, but if I need to I can just refer to those notes paraphrasing the whole page.

[Anonymous No.4573777]

>>4573325
so if it gets wet or ripped you don't lose words

[Occult Fascist No.4573785]

>>4573413
>Took notes on Infinite Jest on someone's recommendation

I've seen that a few times on here, would I really benefit that much from doing this?

[Anonymous No.4573789]

>>4572755
>picture of João Guimarães Rosa
>my nigga
Just buy a book and underline things that stand out, write little notes to follow along with developments or words that are related
For the love of god, don't be like those people who have the need to summarize a paragraph with "this guy did this shit" or with reactions like "omg I can't believe she jut did that, lol"

[Anonymous No.4573790]

>>4573504
:)

[Anonymous No.4573806]

>>4573785
Eh, it's just that the book is all over the place so keeping notes to remind you of little things could be helpful. If you have pretty good memory and don't mind missing a couple of details it doesn't really matter.

[Anonymous No.4574135]

Use pens of different colours