I never used notebooks in the past, when I had more time to write, but in recent years, I've turned to them out of necessity. I am always so busy, all I have time for is to jot down a few words when I have an idea, and it's generally too short and raw to save in an electronic file or to type up. Just a line or two now and then. I usually use small, cheap spiral notebooks, the kind that fit in a shirt pocket, although I've gotten a few moleskins, larger, as gifts and used them too. Where I find notebooks most helpful is when I'm on a trip and want to make notes of the day's events and thoughts, before it fades. The other thing I do is write short poems in them. When I need a few poems to send to an editor, I go to the notebooks and look for stuff worth typing up. The only drawing I do in notebooks is lame doodles.