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A Display Hack for Your Story’s Outline

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A Display Hack for Your Story’s Outline

I recently finished drafting the most challenging book I’ve written to date. Not only did it require the highest word count and psychological complexity I’ve navigated thus far, but its writing period spanned several years and became punctuated by numerous pauses, some stretching out for months at a time. Paradoxically, I felt an urgent need to complete this story, and each time I returned to it, I chafed at the lengthy but necessary reimmersion period. I wanted to leap into laying down new track, dang it. Not spend my time refamiliarizing myself with who did what to whom, and when....

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An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

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An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

While doing research for my post about the shape of books, I stumbled on some information about deckle edges, and I thought it was worth its own post, if just to share some papermaking eye candy with you. First, a definition: deckle edges are the ragged edges on paper. View this post on Instagram Oooo, can you ever have enough fluffy deckles?? I see 'em all time, photograph 'em, and I can't even get enough meself! (Kim@stcmill) #stcmill #paper #papermaking #saunders #waterford #Bockingford #somerset #millford #cotton #woodpulp #uk #chemistry #art #artist #deckle #edges #fluff #watercolour #acrylic #ink #graphite #pencil #gouache...

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An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

acrylic addymanbooks antiquarianbooks art artist bibliophile biodesign biomaterials Bockingford BookDesign bookfeatures booklover booksbooksbooks bookshelf bookshop bookstack bookstagram bookstore booktown CAMOC chemistry coffeepaper collaboration cotton craftclass craftivism crafty deckle decklededge decklededges deckleedge deckleedges decorativepaper ecopaper edges edicionesescondidas edition Educational environmentalart exhibition fesmedina fineart fluff foreedgefriday frompapertoprint giltedge glockenbachviertel gouache governorsisland graphite handmade handmadeisbest handmadeisbetter handmadepaper handmadewithlove hayonwye icomkyoto2019 ink instabook instapaper islamicart islamiccraft islamictradition japanesepaper japanesepapermaking kyoto limited madebyhand makersmovement marblededges millford morocco mouldanddeckle muenchen munich munichart mushlove mushroommagic mushrooms mycology mycopaper oldbooks oldschool pages paper papercrafter paperlicious paperloom paperlove papermaker papermaking paperpulp paperthatheals pencil print printmaking process recycledmaterials recycledpaper rustic sacredart sacredcraft samueljohnson saunders seededpaper shelfiesunday show somerset stcmill steelepages sustainable team textiles themuseumofkyoto traditional traditionalart traditionalcraft turkeytails uk usedbooks usedbookstore watercolour waterford wip woodpulp

An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

While doing research for my post about the shape of books, I stumbled on some information about deckle edges, and I thought it was worth its own post, if just to share some papermaking eye candy with you. First, a definition: deckle edges are the ragged edges on paper. View this post on Instagram Oooo, can you ever have enough fluffy deckles?? I see 'em all time, photograph 'em, and I can't even get enough meself! (Kim@stcmill) #stcmill #paper #papermaking #saunders #waterford #Bockingford #somerset #millford #cotton #woodpulp #uk #chemistry #art #artist #deckle #edges #fluff #watercolour #acrylic #ink #graphite #pencil #gouache...

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An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

acrylic addymanbooks antiquarianbooks art artist bibliophile biodesign biomaterials Bockingford BookDesign bookfeatures booklover booksbooksbooks bookshelf bookshop bookstack bookstagram bookstore booktown CAMOC chemistry coffeepaper collaboration cotton craftclass craftivism crafty deckle decklededge decklededges deckleedge deckleedges decorativepaper ecopaper edges edicionesescondidas edition Educational environmentalart exhibition fesmedina fineart fluff foreedgefriday frompapertoprint giltedge glockenbachviertel gouache governorsisland graphite handmade handmadeisbest handmadeisbetter handmadepaper handmadewithlove hayonwye icomkyoto2019 ink instabook instapaper islamicart islamiccraft islamictradition japanesepaper japanesepapermaking kyoto limited madebyhand makersmovement marblededges millford morocco mouldanddeckle muenchen munich munichart mushlove mushroommagic mushrooms mycology mycopaper oldbooks oldschool pages paper papercrafter paperlicious paperloom paperlove papermaker papermaking paperpulp paperthatheals pencil print printmaking process recycledmaterials recycledpaper rustic sacredart sacredcraft samueljohnson saunders seededpaper shelfiesunday show somerset stcmill steelepages sustainable team textiles themuseumofkyoto traditional traditionalart traditionalcraft turkeytails uk usedbooks usedbookstore watercolour waterford wip woodpulp

An Imitation of Imperfection: A History of Deckle Edges

While doing research for my post about the shape of books, I stumbled on some information about deckle edges, and I thought it was worth its own post, if just to share some papermaking eye candy with you. First, a definition: deckle edges are the ragged edges on paper. View this post on Instagram Oooo, can you ever have enough fluffy deckles?? I see 'em all time, photograph 'em, and I can't even get enough meself! (Kim@stcmill) #stcmill #paper #papermaking #saunders #waterford #Bockingford #somerset #millford #cotton #woodpulp #uk #chemistry #art #artist #deckle #edges #fluff #watercolour #acrylic #ink #graphite #pencil #gouache...

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