jotters
Pocket-sized writing pads
Jotters are small notebooks for quick notes or rough writing.
The term is primarily British, where jotters are common in schools for exercises and drafts: She filled three jotters with lecture notes.
The word derives from jot, meaning to write hastily.
Careless or minor writers
- diaristsWriters of personal logs
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- sketch artistsThose who draw quickly
brainstormers · stenographers · correspondents · chroniclers · doodlers · planners · researchers · observers
Bound sheets for jotting
- padsCushioned protective layers
- writing padsBound paper for notes
- exercise booksLined notebooks for schoolwork
- scratch padsPaper for temporary notes
field notebooks · steno pads · composition books · journals · daybooks · tablets · ring binders
Pens with tiny spheres
- writing instrumentsTools for inscribing text
- gel pensViscous-ink writing instruments
scribblers
Careless or minor writers
- diaristsWriters of personal logs
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- studentsThose receiving instruction
sketch artists · brainstormers · stenographers · correspondents · chroniclers · doodlers · planners · researchers · observers · field workers
notepads
Bound sheets for jotting
- padsCushioned protective layers
- writing padsBound paper for notes
- exercise booksLined notebooks for schoolwork
scratch pads · field notebooks · steno pads · composition books · journals · daybooks · tablets · ring binders
ballpoints
Pens with tiny spheres
- writing instrumentsTools for inscribing text
- gel pensViscous-ink writing instruments
jottersilluminated manuscripts
Hand-adorned medieval book pages
permanent records · official documents · diaries · ledgers · bound volumes
- jotted downWrote briefly, informally