Here are the draft notebooks for most of my novels. I write out the first draft by hand, and if it's a graphic novel, I do layout sketches in the same notebook. These stay on my desk and are referenced throughout the book-making process.
I make notes to myself along the lefthand page (a technique I borrowed from Garth Nix), which I regularly read through for ideas I had in the moment but may have forgotten in the day to day work or writing.
I like drafting longhand because once I type the story up, I tend to make subsequent revisions in the same document. This preserves a record of how the story started. Plus, a notebook is easier to carry around than a laptop, and no worries about charging!
Wait for someone who love you differently. One who can see the fire in your soul, and the child in your laugh, and the ocean in your heart.
JmStorm
