So, now that I've written up the benefits of having a Rough Draft Grimoire (the 'Working Grimoire' as I call it), I also realize that I haven't actually used mine in a bit. I have the first volume (black knockoff moleskine) that I started in 2016 and filled up in 2017. And then I have the second volume (sea blue knockoff moleskine) that started in 2017 and STILL has not been filled.
So what's going on there? I haven't been writing the interesting things I find. I reblog them and tag them so I can find them, sure, but I haven't been writing them down. Lots of the spells and techniques I try end up going directly into the Fancy Book now.
I DON'T LIKE THAT. I miss the act of writing things down in meatspace. The extra processing that comes from reading words on a screen, filtering them through my brain, and physically writing them down on a page. I felt more connected to my craft when I was doing that on the regular.
Let's fill up these last few pages of volume 2, shall we? I've had volume 3 (purple knockoff moleskine) ready to go for a while, so it's time to get to it!