How to Write Note Cards

You can say a lot of things about Stan’s writing. It’s corny, hackneyed, dated, and quaint and his attempt to put "realistic" dialogue in teenager's mouths was laughable. I certainly hope I don’t sound like one of those shills for Stan who thinks he walks on water, but I still firmly believe that he is the greatest writer in Spidey’s history. I don’t think anyone will top him. First of all, there’s his 100 issue consecutive string on Amazing Spider-Man – making him a charter member of what I call Spidey’s "Century Club," those creators who have written or drawn 100 or more core Spider-Man title stories.

While Stan Lee’s writing is corny and dated and he had trouble writing real dialogue for teenagers without sounding laughable. Still, he is the greatest writer in Spider-Man’s history. He wrote 100 consecutive issues of Amazing Spider-Man, putting him into Spidey’s Century Club.

While Stan Lee’s writing is corny and dated and he had trouble writing real dialogue for teenagers without sounding laughable. Still, he is the greatest writer in Spider-Man’s history. He wrote 100 consecutive issues of Amazing Spider-Man, putting him into Spidey’s Century Club.

How does this happen and how can I prevent it?

This usually happens because you are looking at the source, then you go to your notecards or you computer and you try to put it in your own words, but it is hard to get the original wording out.

It is easy to prevent!

There are two types of index cards

The source card - this has the MLA information from your source

A source is any place you get information - a book, the Internet, a YouTube video, an interview

YOU WRITE ONE SOURCE CARD PER SOURCE

Note Card - This is the note you write from that source.

You may get many note cards from one source, but a good rule is to stop using that source if you hit ten cards. You can always come back to that source later if you need to

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You will only write ONE note per note card

ONE

The Source Card

MLA Citation of your source

Source Code

B

McNally, Raymond. Dracula Was a Woman.

McGraw, 1983.

The Note Card

ONE piece of information in an incomplete sentence

-or -

ONE important quote in quotation marks

Source Code

Page Number

B�146

Elizabeth Bathory - killed 650+ girls - bathed in blood

Slug

Hist. Insp.

Who was paying attention?

How many sources total are needed for the research paper?

How many source cards are made for each source?

What goes in the slug section of the note card?

What is the maximum number of note cards from one source?

What is the minimum number of note cards from one source?