Back to Old Technology

As my pc will be unavailable for a few days I will be going back to some old technology, pen and paper to do some creative writing. It will be the first time I have done any creative writing (over 100 words) using pen and paper since I was at school doing GCSE English.

It could have some benefits as you are not districted by the squiggly underlines of spelling and grammar. I know these can be turn off but you are still tempted to check them when writing.

Also editing is more difficult as you have to cross the section out and either squeeze the edited version in the gaps between the lines or reference a section further down on the page.

Character Exercise While Waiting

While waiting at a regional airport instead of writing I decide to do some character building exercise. As there was only a few flights within an hour of mine I decided if I could deduce which flight they where going on. I excluded any speech by listening to some music. It was interesting as you had to pay attention to more detail about the characters and I also thought about how to describe them.

Free Time to Write

Over the next few days I may have some free time to write.
This may be while waiting at an airport or thinking of ideas while running for a couple for a few hours. Studies have shown that exercise helps people cognition, subject to not dehydrating

Potentially Writing a Magazine Article

I have emailed the editor of the magazine that I have been reading for the last few years of what their article submission guidelines are. Depending on what they are I may write an article to submit to them.

Book about Writing

As a relative beginner in creative writing I have been reading the Teach Yourself – Creative Writing Book. It is aimed at beginners which covers virtually the complete rage of creative writing but not in much detail. It however does give you an overview and some exercises/ideas to get you started in that particular area of creative writing.

It may even start to get me writing more!!!

First Blog Entry

As I have set my blog up for writing, I hope it will encourage me to write more and keep it up to date.