![]() This can be through color coding, or a little heart, a sad face, a comment etc. Always try to leave some indication of what any form of annotation meant.ALWAYS HAVE A KEY! If you use symbols, colors, anything that has meaning… write down the symbol and it’s meaning IN THE BOOK so you will never be wondering what the hell blue, or purple, or this star, or daisy, or skull means.Your chosen colors might be perfectly sensible to you now, but future-you or someone else might just be lost without one. For example, I could underline something in Dead Poets Society, and all future-me might see is that that line meant something… However, if I underlined in green, for example, and had an annotation key, then every time future-me sees green she’ll know the past-me thought this was related to life and death. However, the upside is that meaning is added to everything you do. The downside is that you need many more tabs and highlighters and pens that you would without doing this. Yes, even if that paper already has words on it. No matter how many words you misspell or cross out, how “bad” your handwriting is, how “dumb” your comments are… they are worth, at the very least, the paper they are written on. Not only have you fulfilled this book’s purpose by reading it, you have gone far and beyond to get intimate with the author’s words, conspire with this book, and join the author in the creative process. Books go unsold in stores, end up in landfills, all the time. Think of the millions of copies there are of this book… yours is now unique. You aren’t “ruining” a book, you’re augmenting it. Please remember: your thoughts and feelings don’t have to be “good enough” to justify annotation. Annotating still feels taboo to some people. sticky notes (i like to have different sizes and colors). ![]() ![]() a pencil or pen (play around with colors!).Feel free to experiment and find out what works best for you in a variety of situations. There isn’t one most correct annotating style! I annotate differently when it’s for college, versus for my personal enjoyment, versus when I’m annotating a book as a gift for someone else. It may be for academics, personal use, or to share with someone. First of all, ask yourself why you are annotating.
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