How I Take Notes

Book Notes

  • If reading sources for writing, highlight any quotes for later use.
  • Questions to ask self mid-reading:
    • What are the key ideas?
    • What terms or ideas are new to me?
    • How would I define them? (the terms or ideas)
    • How do the ideas relate to what I already know? It's also a good idea to write down your own questions as you read to then answer them at the end of a chapter or session.

Movie/Show/Game Notes

  • use a laptop, phone, notebook, whatever to take notes
  • if checking current time of movie/show is too distracting, use a stopwatch timer at the start of the movie to get close to the actual time of the note
  • write very quick notes. one sentence. raw thoughts & emotions
  • using these thoughts and re-watching the clips associated with the thoughts to allow space for more thinking
  • outline the plot as you go along
    • paul rejects jani
    • paul drinks worm piss
    • paul says "i fucked ur mum"
    • etc

Higher-Level Links [[Learning]] - [[Note Taking]]

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- [[Make It Stick]]
- [[Note Taking From Books]]
- [[Learning & Elaboration]]
- [[Reading deliberately, with active engagement, and interaction improves information retention]]