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Sun, November 19, 2006 - 12:26 PM
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Mon, November 20, 2006 - 2:17 PM
Repeating advice from one of my high school teachers (about 35 yrs ago), I tell all my students to keep a journal: a hardcopy notebook they can carry everywhere with them. I've whipped mine out during lunch hours, while waiting in doctor's and other offices, while riding the subway, in the middle of taking a hike, etc. Just getting into the habit of writing any time and anywhere, even if it's to scribble a "to do" list or to talk to myself on paper, helps -- and you never know when you're going to observe or overhear something that bears recording and preserving. I heard a marvelous one-liner in the supermarket the other day, stopped, and whipped my journal out to get it down. IMHO, the "raw data" are at least as important as any "finished" work.
Months ago I found a great series of posts by Lary (one 'r') Crews on overcoming writer's block, at www.flickr.com/groups/354...scuss/1915/ Good luck, and keep on keepin' on! |
