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

By: Zen and the art of not writing | Write for Your Life

Zen and the art of not writing | Write for Your Life — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:02:24 +0000

[...] of the basic how-to tips doled out to beginner writers is to carry a notebook everywhere in the event that inspiration strikes. I do – at least, I try to. I’m still perfecting my [...]

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

By: What do you keep in your writer’s tool belt? » The Write Network

What do you keep in your writer’s tool belt? » The Write Network — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:30:33 +0000

[...] without when you’re writing? Do you have certain handy helping devices, healthy or otherwise? Let us know by sharing your thoughts in the comment section below. [...]

By: Manuela Boyle

Manuela Boyle — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:28:20 +0000

@juzza: you are that girl! Taught me everything I know I expect I’ll have to gnaw on carrots, daffodil stems and liquorice sticks to help me write when I finally quit. And yes, it’s much lonelier without a comrade-in-arms these days…

@juzza and Marc – I thought the ad was a spoof when I first saw it. I nearly spat my Diet Coke out. Is it me, or does the racer she’s on look abnormally big and high for her? If they want that to go viral, they’ll be waiting a looooong time.

By: Marc - WelshScribe

Marc - WelshScribe — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:50:10 +0000

I can’t stand that advert. What was Duffy thinking and what happened to her beautiful singing voice!

Was she underwater when she recorded it? Has she aged prematurely? Both?

By: juzza

juzza — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:18 +0000

p.s If you’re looking to give up diet coke from your writers toolbelt on the other hand, watch the making of the new diet coke add here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiQF1QxHm8

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to drink diet coke again.