My pace note books are 6 lines MAX per page. I usually have 4 or 5 lines so that I have room to shuffle the notes to and from a page if necessary.
My first event I transcribed the entire event to a new book the evening of Recce. The second event I transcribed about 1/4 of the pages because it was either really messy, cramped or not safe (nasty corners right at the top of the next page). After the third event I was just touching up some messy spots and moving notes to and from the previous page to ensure the layout was proper (and safe). It does not take very long to learn how to write good clean notes the first time without missing things.
Oh and drivers like to add bits of info at the last split second for an element just before the last one he gave you. Your suddenly playing catch up and memorizing the next note while you tweak that note on the previous page... gets fun
