Spiral bound notebooks are your friend. Use them. Keep them. Fill them up. Buy more. Write in them. Start projects in their pages. Keep character sketches. Write poems. Draft outlines for epic series that will stand the test of time.
I’ve been writing in spiral bound notebooks since I was in third grade. I have them all. So much wonderfully dreadful stuff over the years. But also a lot of stuff I’m proud of. I keep one every year devoted to my writing (goals, tasks, etc.). Tonight I was working in one that involves notes for–well, I’ll just say it’s big.
If J.K. Rowling said she was working on something big, the world would flip and freak out and it would be morning news. But I can say that because–well, let’s face it. I’ve been saying that I’m working on something big since third grade. And I have.
And all along the way, I’ve had my trusty little spiral bound notebooks.
Me, too, Travis! I’ve got stacks of spiral bound books of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Sometimes when my creative juices just won’t flow, it’s the synergy of the pen on the page that inspires me and gets me back on track.
Totally agree, Sarah. There’s just something about pen on paper.
I love reading back through & discovering things in my own hand-writing that I don't have any memory of writing. Such a thrill to be my own unbiased audience, for once.