They’re where thought rests before it’s fixed into structure. Documents are written when direction is set.
The plotboard is used when structure is visible.
Notes sit before that.
When to use them
- When you have an idea but no direction yet
- When it feels too early to turn it into prose
- When you have a mix of hypotheses and questions
- When you want to hold thought in place before building structure
thought in progress,
not thought that’s already organized.
What notes are
They allow unfinished state
Notes don’t ask for completion.One word, one question, one short line is enough.
Logic doesn’t have to flow.
Structure doesn’t have to be clear.
They protect unfixed thought
Ideas are fragile when they first appear.Trying to organize them can make them disappear. Notes
don’t judge the thought;
they keep it as is.
Notes are a starting point
Notes don’t have to stay notes forever. Some become documents.Some become part of the plot. Before that,
no role is fixed yet.
A note is
thought that doesn’t have a role yet.