Comments on: What do you keep in your writer's tool belt?

By: Foljs

Foljs — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:25:00 +0000

Sounds like you never get any writing done.

By: Iain Broome

Iain Broome — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:37:00 +0000

All excellent toolbelt tips – thank you!

By: Simplyopentowriting

Simplyopentowriting — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:15:00 +0000

In my Writer’s Toolbelt, I have:

1. Email as I have a news page set up so I can see current news to help give me writing ideas, or I have it emailed to me. Plus I get ideas right from my friends emails that I receive.

2. Thesaurus, Dictionary.

3. Mp3 player to listen to or youtube on in the background.

4. Pens and lots of writing books, I to find it more productive to write it out first and then type it out on a word document program and use their tools for corrections.

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By: Katie Labarile

Katie Labarile — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:18 +0000

My toolbelt must contain both modern convenience and nostagic inspiration. My laptop being the former and my antique typewriter as the latter.
During a lull in creativity and quick wit, I turn to my trusty old typewriter that requires a hearty whack of the keys to produce one little letter… I feel like I am really working and with each letter, I am accoplishing an incredible feat, deserving of praise and admiration! This process conjures up such embellished pride in my craft that it revives my creativity and quick wit and I am back in business on the laptop. (The same thing happens with film and digital photography!)

By: Iain Broome

Iain Broome — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:10 +0000

@Jan So your productivity kick is the sight of all the other stuff you need to do but want to run away from?!

I love it!

By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:53:23 +0000

Each day I try a different brand of junk food. But the usual suspects are coffee – lots of them – and cigarettes.

When a particular piece of writing stumps me, I don’t go out anymore to aerate the stuffy brain. I just peek into Twitter to check up on my buddies or open my Gmail to see if anybody needs my special attention. Seeing lots of emails and tweets that screams ASAP always give me the perverse pleasure of leaving them as they are.

I’ve got important thing to do. Capice?

By: Iain Broome

Iain Broome — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:45:08 +0000

Hi Conrad

The iTouch is an interesting choice. I find my iPhone nothing but a distraction when I’m writing. I can only assume you’re using your touch for a ready supply of soothing sounds to help you with the words. Or maybe you’ve got both your dictionary and your thesaurus on your iTouch!

By: Conrad

Conrad — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:18:06 +0000

My writer’s tool belt:

1. On Writing by Stephen King

2. iTouch

3. dictionary

4. thesaurus