This April, I joyfully embarked on the journey of the A to Z blog challenge and NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). And what I won't tell is that I was registered for Camp NaNoWriMo also. A full exciting month ahead. Now, I look back and this is what April looks like. 19/26 A to Z…
I said I would talk about that. There is nothing much to say actually. Spiral notebooks are the BEST notebooks EVERÂ for writing. The spirals shouldn't be too big: you don't want to scratch your wrist all the time. The spirals shouldn't be too small: the page can turn smoothly. The pages are flat, for esay…
This is a post on journaling. Girls starts very young to write in journals. It's part of the initiation of becoming a teenager. Usually your mother or an aunt will give you your first diary that you can lock with a key. In it, you write what you consider your most secret thoughts. I kept…
When I find a new character I do an interview with them. Asking for their intentions, beliefs and desires. Then, when I built the story around them, I question their motives. I use coloured pens. 🙂 Doing that allows me to find new ideas and get clear on the plot has I go along. I…
What? L - Love letters in notebooks M - Mind-mapping in notebooks N - Nothing like living in your head, er... notebook O - Orgasmic writing sessions in notebooks P - Poetry Because I thought that I would just tag along from today's letter, which is W. Remember I left you with H. I had…
No it's not a post about tattoos. Even if I would like to talk about it. I couldn't talk about notebooks without talking about pens and ink. In my last writer's retreat, we had this absolutely fabulous conversation about pens. You know, the pen that writes smoothly on the page, easy to grip and makes…
A to Z challenge day 8 Theme: notebooks There is a never-ending conversation amongst writers about what is the right kind of notebook. Shape, form, weight, length, number of pages, lines or not, etc. I have all these concerns, but even if I have all kinds of notebooks of all shapes, colours and size, I…
A to Z challenge day 7 Theme: notebooks I didn't really like to write in guest books before. They are everywhere: restaurants, Bed and Breakfast, weddings, funerals, birthday parties, anniversary, etc. When I don't like something I have the tendency to observe intently. What am I resisting? When I find it, it doesn't mean that…
I do a lot of automatic writing in my notebooks. Just writing without a beginning or an end. Nothing conceptual, just the flow of words. Sometimes, I grab something in the flow. An ambiance, a setting, a flavour, an environment, or someone suddenly showing up and telling his story. It's not "journaling", even though some…
A to Z challenge: day 5 Theme: notebooks The word "elegant" was just to please my daughter. I have a madness that is incurable. All those notebooks that I buy and don't use. I look at this picture and there is only 2 of them I bought myself. The other ones were given, as gifts.…
Happy Hour with Pablo and Lolaz 