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Catmouth New user 63 Posts |
I too keep a notebook(s) and I have a pad on me at all times. I just have the same problem as someothers as ORGANIZING it heheh and remembering to transfer to the big book in the house. I am going to be that guy that when the undertaker comes to get me out of the house, I'll have millions of bits of paper and notes everywhere that no one will be able to make sense of. Like the patter to a effect beside a shopping list from 13 years earlier. hehe
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nakulshenoy New user Bangalore, India 91 Posts |
Hmmm.. Reading all this made me realise that I have not been maintaining notes.
Thanks to all, for the sound off. Need to get my notes organised. :-o |
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Will Gordon Regular user Las Vegas 124 Posts |
I never took notes and learned the hard way that I don't have the superhero memory I thought I had. About six months ago my mentor brought over several volumes of notes he had accumulated over the past thirty years. I now keep a small spiral in my back pocket.
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Lynne Kelly Regular user Australia 113 Posts |
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On 2002-11-08 13:34, erik wrote: As an author, I have had to become fanatically organised in keeping notes and references. I have applied that fanaticism to my magic. I have done bits of magic for years, but only became really, really serious about performing a few years ago and developed this system to progress as quickly as I could. Obsessive personality! It is very efficient. Spare time should be spent practicing not organising my notes! There are four distinct sets of records: 1. exercise books. I cover the books in a distinctive coloured paper because I have similar notebooks for the books I am writing as well. I then cover with plastic contact so they are easy to identify and don't get damaged by being carried around. I number from page one of the first book, using the front page as an index. So book 2 starts at whatever page book 1 finished and so on. Should I then get more on that topic and have no more room on the page, I note the next available page at the bottom and continue there, noting the page I came from at the top of the new one. No blank pages, dividers or sections, but all easy to track. It means every note is taken on the next available page which is quick, but any theme can be traced right through very quickly. The most recent exercise book is easy to carry and light weight and always with me. Back page is left for questions arising for me to ask my mentor, with check boxes. 2. Spirex performance book. When I am prepapring for any performance (in my case, mostly lectures on my most recent book which includes about five magic routines) I plan in a small hard covered book, with the flow of the performance and routines. Down one side is a check list for props. The book acts as my prompt on stage if I need it. It ensures I have everything with me. Afterwards I make quick notes of what worked and what didn't and any suggestions. Next booking of a similar nature means I can draw on a previous preparation and improve on it. It also ensures a complete record of performances. 3. Computer records. Apart from business uses and communiciations, I have a wonderful email mentor. I take any magic advice from his emails and add it to an every growing Word document which is my personal 'text book'. I keep a printed copy, as well as electronic. I have a separate documents with advice from other sources, such as Magic Café, forming another 'text book'. I find these 'text books' so specific to my own development, they are worth reading and rereading as my skills and understanding grow. Cut and paste is very quick! 4. Close-up records. Mostly this is in the exercise books, but in my diary I have blanked a few pages of useless data and made them my close-up reference pages. This means I have a list of what close-up I can perform straight from the close-up pouch in my handbag and the decks of cards, and what I am working on. It also contains my practice list for cards. The main purpose is to keep me focussed. Otherwise I am always wanting to try new things and never getting to performance level. This diary list is my performance set and new things can only be added when what is there is ready for performance or rejected. In all four ways I cross reference to books and videos. I can get to any piece of information very quickly, and can also reflect on the development, which is necessary to remind me how far I have come when I get depressed about how far I still have to go! Lynne |
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The Magician Loyal user Liverpool 267 Posts |
I write everything down in a note book so I don't forget things
The Magician
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magicalaurie Inner circle Ontario, Canada 2962 Posts |
I think the main thing is to write it down. Then you have it. If I get an idea, I just grab a pen and whatever scrap of paper is handy. Just get my ideas written down for reference later. I write a show list, too. Sequence of tricks, specific lines to use, etc.
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