Keeping Track Of Ideas - Tumblr Posts

Okay, but seriously.

When I was in high school (back in the 90s), I attended a three-day writer's conference where one of the sessions we had was talking about keeping notes on our stories. I remember the instructor, a published novelist, talking about how he had a bulletin board in his office where he pinned his index cards full of notes. This also allowed him to rearrange them when he thought things might work better in different groupings, different chronology, etc.

Another option you seem to have hit on already in the tags, more or less: a loosely-bound book, or similar (notebook, folder, etc.). I would get a notebook that you can tape/paste/clip your loose notes into. You can also write in the notebook if you happen to have it at hand. Basically a scrapbook, but instead of chronicling your life or family history or similar, you're tracking your story ideas.

I did this all the time in high school and college, back before convenient computers in our pockets were a thing. Every random idea I had, I'd jot down in one of a few notebooks I carried with me. I'd write on loose sheets of paper and then stuff them into a pocket folder, or into the pocket at the front of some of my notebooks, or folded in half between the pages of notebooks. Sometimes I'd get a binder to try to contain everything when I was feeling particularly organized.

I think i need advice on this so i'll just post it here

Writers of tumblr,

Do you find yourself writing on the first piece of paper you see as soon as a story idea strikes you?

What about scenes that come later , that would easily fit in the story ideas you've got?

I've learnt that im the type to use flashcards for writing my fics, except that i tend to write in whatever notebook/paper i have on hand and refuse to use the computer to keep track of it all.

And i tend to write whenever inspiration strikes on loose sheets of paper or a notebook.(which is often followed by an unrelated scene from an unrelated story)

So how do i keep all of my notes organized?