jotter (noun)

1. In the small café, he pulled out his jotter as he began to pen a heartfelt love letter to his beloved.

2. The aspiring cartoonist always carried a jotter to sketch out his brilliant ideas for new characters and comic strips.

3. Lost in his own world of science fiction, he filled numerous pages of his jotter with intricate drawings and detailed descriptions of futuristic inventions.

4. The horror writer had a jotter dedicated solely to jotting down spine-chilling story ideas and plot twists that would give readers nightmares.