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I concluded this weekend that I need to get a little notebook to carry with me. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been realizing more and more that there are times, the throughout the day, where I find myself wanting to write, but not having the tools at hand. Even if I were to move my work to a more web-centric platform (Say Google Docs or the like) I’d find that I don’t always have a computer near at hand. For that matter, I’m not sure I’d want to write on every computer that I do have at hand. So, I picked up a small, college-ruled, notebook over the weekend, at Office Depot.

In theory, having the notebook at hand should allow me to write when I feel like writing rather than when I have the computer at hand. When I do get back to my computer, I’ll be able to copy what I’ve written or flesh out what I’ve noted and, perhaps, work on from there. It builds a partial rewrite into the middle of my writing process as well as giving me a means to restart the flow when I’ve walked away for a while. At least, that’s the theory that I’m holding to right now. We’ll see how long it holds up!

If you’re a member over on LitReactor, go give my entry A Thousand Cuts a read. There’s not much time left in the event so hurry! Also, give 0000911 a shot as well. A friend of mine, who has been very gracious in assiting with my own work, wrote it. His work has a unique character to it that keeps you reading. Give it a shot!

Update: I just rewrote my halting attempt at the the 5th chapter of The Empty! It would seem that this approach is yielding some fruit.

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