Preparing the Muse
I love writing poetry in note books rather than straight onto the computer – I do sometimes type them straight out but not normally as I write poetry when and were the idea strikes and this often means that I am out or in bed or some such. I always carry a note book with me, my laptop sits mostly on my desk.
Though I do use reporter note books with the throw away flimsy card covers, this tend to only be if I am working on something like The Little Books and know I am just going to fill them up quickly with mostly dross that will be thrown away or have been caught at a hospital with out a note book. What I favour is the more expensive notebooks, sometimes very expensive and sometimes from the pound shop. I have moods so they vary in style from beautiful embossed metallic purple butterflies to black and white photos to sparkly dragons, velvet micky mouses, abstract designs, dali and of course spider man.
These books double as a diary and note book with me working from each end to meet in the middle. One issue I am coming across is that the cheaper note books do note keep ink as nicely due to the acid in the paper – I wish I’d known this sooner but I didn’t. I do now.
I tend to write in biro – I used to write in fountain pen but stopped as it tended to mean I could use only one side of the paper and it slowed my writing speed (a lot).
Note books are not the only thing I crave to create – I need visual and audio stimuli. Not necessarily whilst writing, but within a couple of weeks and preferably just before sitting down though some of it does need to sink in for later works.
Now for the last ingredient – I am obsessed with hot drinks.
It doesn’t really matter if it is herbal tea, normal tea, posh tea, coffee, latte, hot choc or mulled wine. For writing challenges I like to pick a specific mug – this year for WoPo I have chosen the new cupcake mug I was given for my birthday. The icing lid helps to keep the tea warm if I get carried away with the writing too!
Posted: Monday, February 4th, 2013 @ 10:32 am
Categories: About Poetry, Writing Challenges.
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