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When you start thinking about planning a page, I think it's important to put your pen down,
and pick up a pencil or a marker, and think about how you would visualize this project.
In other words, I like to start by making a series of thumbnail sketches, so called
because they're small, and don't take up much room. So, say I've got a little quote that
I would like to put on a piece of paper. I might give myself four empty pages, blank
pages, and then I might visualize where I want those lines to fit. Now I'm not taking
the time to carefully transcribe all the words, but rather I'm visualizing the space that
the words take up. Now most writing happens on straight lines, so for those purposes I'm
doing straight lines here. So as I look at this page, I can say, well maybe I want everything
centered, maybe I want it flushed left, or maybe I have another idea.