Should I take notes while reading a book?

Do not take notes or highlight as you read; this tends to break up your flow and diminish your understanding. It also isn’t very productive, because you don’t know if the first sentence is worth taking notes on until after you have read the third sentence, which might be the real point of the paragraph.

Is it OK to write in a book?

Books aren’t something to be afraid of – they’re something to be a part of. To sum up: writing both in and on books is okay, as long as you’re not doing it in something that doesn’t belong to you.

Is it bad to annotate books?

There are only two types of readers: those who annotate, and those who think writing in a book is committing literary treason. To jot notes in a book seems in some way blasphemous, especially in a really good book. The words are meant to be pristine, the books printed are meant to remain just as they are.

What should I annotate in a book?

Get your highlighter and pen ready to for this treasure hunt through your book.

Questions. Jot down any questions that come to mind as you read.
Recurring Themes or Symbols.
Your Favorite Quotes or Passages.
Unfamiliar Words.
Connections to Other Texts.
Connections to the Real World.

How hard is writing a book?

Writing a book is hard. Many people don’t write a book because it’s extremely hard. Forcing yourself to sit down, brainstorm, write, edit, rewrite, edit, cut, add, rewrite, workshop, rewrite, and rewrite some more until you’ve got somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 words is grueling work. Most can’t do it.

Is writing a book easy?

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. The hard part of writing a book isn’t getting published. As the bestselling author of five books, I can tell you without hesitation that the hardest part of a writer’s job is sitting down to do the work.

How do you annotate a book easily?

How to annotate a book

Stick to highlighting.
Use colorful tabs (helpful if you can’t write in the book!)
Create a key and use symbols.
Annotate fast, like a student.
Talk to the text.