A New Page
***I’m guest blogging about my Worst Job Ever over at Nose in a Book. Leave a comment about your worst job ever and we’ll compare notes!***
Every time I start a new project, I buy a couple of medium-sized wire-bound notebooks. I’m always jotting down ideas and bits of dialogue as they occur to me, and I often write the first draft of a scene on paper. A small-ish notebook like this one works well when I’m outside with the girls, and it travels easily to the park.
Pens are another, more irritating matter. I’ve settled for the Uniball Signo 207, but I’m not pleased with its performance. When it works properly, the tip glides across the page. When it doesn’t, the ink is absent or unreliable. Quality seems to vary from pen to pen.
Do you use a special pen and paper, or have any other necessities in your writing process?
Speaking of writing, and turning a new page, many of you are aware that my latest project has fallen through. I’ve been open about my struggles, partly because I feel as though I’m among friends here, but also because I think it might be helpful to other writers. This is a tough business and rejection happens to everyone.
Never again will I assume that authors who experience setbacks are less talented.
I truly believe this is all for the best, and I’m excited about starting a new project. Thanks so much to everyone who offered advice and support last week. Hugs!
Before I move on, I’d like to clear up the concern I expressed that “another revision might be a waste of time.” Writing is never a waste of time. The first draft I wrote wasn’t a waste of time, and neither was the second. This entire process has been an invaluable learning experience, and I’m a better writer for having had it.
