I use legal pads for all of my writing but never know what to do with the loose pages when I'm done.

Most times, I just keep the pages on the pad which doesn't seem to work out very well for me.

I would prefer removing them and being able to reorganize them as I expand on certain topics.

Is there a way to bind the loose pages?

I am not a huge fan of punching holes and putting in a loose leaf binders, I don't care for the rings.

Curious to hear all informal and formal methods of storage that legal pad fans use, if any?

cheers

I find that the small (about 3/4") binder clips are useful for this. These are the clips where the handles fold down flush with the paper. They cost about 2 cents each from our local Staples.

Stapling them together according to content wrks for me. I always use legal pads for drafts and notes. When all of these are encoded, the pges are filed in folders together with a printout of the encoded version. As for the others that do not fall within certain topics, I staple them together, write the date at the top right corner of the top page, and put it in a folder labeled "various other scribbles." Not too OC, but as I am too busy to be actually OC, this works in at least keeping things off my desk.

I believe that most people who bind loose leaf legal sized paper use a two hole top punch. There are clipboards and folders with various sorts of top binders.

Get one of those file trolley things, a box of hanging file folders and tabs, and a couple of boxes of manila file folders. Organize the files by topic, day of the week, or project. Place the sheets of paper into the appropriate folder, and record their locations and contents on a file index page that you keep in the front folder. Color-coded folders are good for this.

This is essentially how I keep up with editing projects, article drafts, and queries that I have out to other publications. Sounds complicated but it works better than anything else I have tried in the last twenty years. It allows me to track stuff whether I made my notes on the computer and printed them or wrote them out on whatever paper was handy. I use some special file folders with media pockets in them that also allow me to keep Zip disks of electronic files (text, graphics, video, whatever) related to what's in the folder.

How else would I have time left to post stuff on FPN, play with fountain pens and ink, and still get the work they pay me for done?

thanks all for you input

I was thinking more in line with a binder system, similar to report cover systems which can hold more sheets.

I have been able to get up to 30 sheets in these, however, I am not a big fan of the poly covers.

Perhaps I could use binder clips with some nicer version of file folders.

cheers