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“What are you talking about?
There are plenty of notebooks all up and down this aisle.” The girls followed me from store to store.
“Yes, but I can’t use those.
Let’s try Staples. They say it’s
‘Easy’ there, and I’m sure they don’t mean the clerks.” They weren’t there, either. So much for Easy.
“Does this mean your writing career is over?”
I wasn’t giving up that easy. On the way to the beach to get some words
down on the paper I did have left, we pulled into Office Depot. Finally, it was there. My notebook.
I do have tons of paper and other notebooks back at the
house. The girls have to keep moving
them around in the garage to make room for their party dishes. Yet, those aren’t the notebooks I need. I mean, they’re great as far as paper
goes. They have plenty of white space
and blue lines to scribble notes upon.
I’ve tried them for my stories before, but they’re too big and bulky;
awkward. They just don’t feel right when
I hold them. I need to write in these 9
x 6 1/2 spiral notebooks with the dividers for two or three subjects. They fit perfectly on my clipboard and I can
work multiple projects at a time.
I also use four of these handy dandy notebooks at once. What can I say? I multitask when it comes to my writing. I was getting close to the end of two of my
binders of creation and didn’t want to be caught with my paper down. As I said, thanks to Office Depot, I was able
to avert a major tragedy and can now keep the words flowing on future drafts.
I know there are other notebooks out there of the same
size. The girls keep pointing them out
when I go on my crazed search for the one I want. However, after a little while the spiral
bends and warps and the book is almost useless unless you wish to fight opening
it every time. I need the ones with the
cloth covering the curly wire holding all the paper together. Why?
What’s the big deal? I’m weird in
that area. Once the notebook becomes
disfigured, I don’t want to use it anymore.
That would be quite a bit of wasted paper, because I never get halfway
through the book before the spirals start to malfunction. No, I need the notebook I have grown used to
using.
It’s the same with pens.
Once the clip that keeps the pen in place in my shirt pocket breaks, I
don’t want to have the pen around anymore and it wastes away in my desk
drawer. That’s a lot of ink that will
never be scribbled into adventures. My
writing supplies can’t be damaged because it’s a bigger distraction than the
butterflies in our garden.
I’m also particular about the pens I use. I prefer the Precise V5 gel, black for my
creating and red for my editing. I buy
them in bulk and horde them as Thurston Howell hoarded his money. I just can’t write with any other pen. It would be like cheating on a lover. These help guide the magic. They are what I am comfortable with and when
you’re writing you have to be comfortable.
At least, I do.
A normal person doesn’t understand. An artist, whether of paints, music, or
words, is already nodding their head relating to everything I’ve said so far. They get it.
Sometimes the process of creating is in the supplies used. It’s all part of our routine that puts us in
the mind frame to go where we have only thought about in the quiet recesses of
our mind. It’s no different than a
sports figure that has to have a certain pair of shoes or a businessman needing
a certain type of portfolio. These
things help set the mood for whatever we’re about to do and shift us easily
into our fantasy world and out of reality.
Quirky? Perhaps. However, it works for me and now I can
continue to see what’s going to happen between Faith and Selby. I also received a bonus with this
notebook. It came with a ruler and
Post-it Notes! I don’t have a clue what
I will use the ruler for, but I can never have too many sticky notes. They’re the other must in my backpack of
necessities.
How about you? Is
there something you just have to have before you can be productive? If so, share it with me so I know I’m not
alone. We quirky types have to stick
together.
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My must-have paper source are Moleskine notebooks and I'm constantly looking for the *perfect* blue, fine point, gel pen. I also, according to some people, have an abnormal fondness for Post-It Notes :P
ReplyDeletePost-it Notes rule! LOL.. Good luck in your quest for the pen. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
DeleteIt seemed the only supplies I needed were my computer, and rain!! TRUE! When writing my first book, "Addicted To Dimes," on rainy Oregon days seemed to help the words just Flow from my Soul! I feel, mood can sometimes play a part in your writing. Rain just put me in the mood!....to write that is!..lol...Catherine
ReplyDeleteLOL...And very true...if my mood is sour I can't write worth anything. And some days seem to go better for writing certain scenes depending on the weather and season. Thanks for visiting and commenting!
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