Catching Inspiration

When inspiration strikes, how do you record it? Do you send yourself a message, an email, a voice memo? Or do you make use of the tons of notebook apps out there on your phone? Or do you go the old fashioned route and keep a notebook with you? Let me know in the comments. Even if your method of inspiration catching isn't listed here. 

To be honest, I utilize all these methods (I have been known to bring my phone into the shower when inspiration strikes), but the one that I use the most are my notebooks. I can't tell you how many I have because quite honestly, I do not know. What I do know is that I always have three around with me. One by my bedside, one at my desk and one for my purse. 

My wonderful notebooks :)

These are filled with Post-its of every size and color. I like to write on those so I can move things around, rearrange the flow of a scene. And for whatever reason, my thoughts just come more easily when I have a pen, a pad of Post-its, and my notebook. 

My first drafts have all been written this way. Heck, I have even revised with Post-its before typing in the first draft.

I <3 Post-its.  

God, I feel like Brick from Anchorman. 

And with that thought, I will say goodbye...and maybe watch Anchorman. Super Duper!

Okay....I'll quit with my Anchorman references now.

Procrastination

So...I'm guilty. Guilty of Procrastination to the first degree. And the real problem is that I don't know the reason why I'm procrastinating; why I'm not writing. Part of me thinks it is a comfort thing. Do you ever get like this? Do the things you do while procrastinating have a common theme?

My tasks center around giving me order, organization:

1.) Organizing my Pinterest writing boards. This used to be just one board and now the count is 14 PLUS 6 secret boards.

YAY! My Pinterest! Follow Me!

2.) Knitting. Though my fingers end up hurting like a bitch, the process of looping the yarn about the needle over and over is very therapeutic. Here's my current project - an infinity scarf. I've got a long way to go!

soon to be awesome scarf

3.) Plotting out and making lists for all my characters and stories. I'm talking all the nitty gritty stuff - dates, jobs, history, etc. And then I've been making spreadsheets.  LOTS and LOTS of spreadsheets. Along with LOTS and LOTS of lists. Not only that - I've been hitting up the office supply shops to make sure each story has its own unique binder. (SEE - total procrastination!)

one of many to-do lists

4.) So not going to tell you what I've done with my Goodreads (added all 400 plus books from my e-reader to my shelves) or my Facebook (made Interests lists and sorted all my liked pages into all the lists). 

5.) I used to write all my stories in notebooks and then type them up in Word. But then I got Scrivener for my birthday (as well as a present for completing NaNoWriMo this year) and I love it and want all my stories in there. So what did I do? Yep, you guessed it.

6.) I also have been messing with a character profile template for Scrivener. I hope to share that at some point. I'd do it now, but I keep tweaking it.

7.) Oh...I've been playing Bingo on Facebook. GOD, how old am I? I am not old. Seriously, but knitting, Bingo...I really need a kick in the ass.

One of two bingo games I play :/

Okay...done with this list (I think...maybe I'll go play bingo).  NO! I'm going back to writing. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.

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